Runway Incursions.

   Issue 418                                                                                                                              November 2014

Runway incursions, a top FAA safety concern, are formally defined as “any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.”1 Runway incursions can be caused by Pilot Deviations, Air Traffic Controller Operational Incidents, and Ground Vehicle Deviations. Examples of these errors include:

Pilot Deviations

Crossing a runway hold marking without ATC clearance

Taking off without clearance

Landing without clearance

Controller Operational Incidents

Clearing an aircraft onto a runway while another aircraft is landing on the same runway

Issuing a takeoff clearance while the runway is occupied by another aircraft or vehicle

Vehicle (Driver) Deviations

Crossing a runway hold marking without ATC clearance

Regardless of whose actions caused it, the inappropriate or unauthorized presence of an aircraft or vehicle on an active runway can lead to serious consequences. The following ASRS reports offer insight into some of the human factors and other issues involved in runway incursions.

Source: ASRS

http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/docs/cb/cb_418.pdf

The Vision for Safety to Avoid Accidents

The Vision for Safety to Avoid Accidents

 

Commercial Air Transportation consists of the activities of the all commercial air carriers, the routes they fly to assist the public. So, today the Airline Industry is well positioned and growth every day, and the most important is to significantly improve Aviation Safety.

Improve Safety is the Key, there are three fundamental pillars of Civil Aviation of this decade, Safety, Security and environmental protection, so, also these important pillars are very significant to reduce incidents and accidents. There will be fewer accidents, if all together in the aviation business we share safety ideas all around the world to sharing and help pilots to understand well the concept of Air Safety.

Risks can be managed before they become accidents; this is why it is very important that all states and service providers have well established (SMS) Safety Management System programs inside any organization.

The information they develop form these systems helps in the further analyzing situations and developing ideas and solutions for the prevention of incidents and accidents in all General Aviation.

Improving Aviation Safety is the key to continue sharing ideas and used a good method in aviation industry to examine aviation accident/incident, and focusing and analyzing areas that errors mostly occurred in any organization, why accidents happen, when an aircraft accident occurs many questions are asked. So, the question WHY, rises a lot during investigation of the operator at the time of investigation.

Safety is a top priority at all time; the goal of the Aviation Safety is to improve aviation safety through the prevention of accidents and incidents programs .

 

Safe Pilots/ Safe Skies.