Safety Watch – UPS/AE Runway Incursion, UA Planes Clip, go! pilots, Q400

UPS, AE in Near Collision A UPS cargoliner conflicted with an American Eagle aircraft on February 26. The cargoliner was ordered by air traffic controllers to abort its takeoff just after it had begun after the American Eagle ATR 72, operated by Executive Airlines, taxied on to the runway at Miami...

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UPS, AE in Near Collision
A UPS cargoliner conflicted with an American Eagle aircraft on February 26. The cargoliner was ordered by air traffic controllers to abort its takeoff just after it had begun after the American Eagle ATR 72, operated by Executive Airlines, taxied on to the runway at Miami International Airport. The two aircraft, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, came within 4,000 feet of one another. The AE flight was en route to Jacksonville with 36 passengers on board. American Spokesperson Tim Smith said the FAA Tower noted the runway incursion as the American Eagle aircraft was waiting to cross the runway. The AE pilots filed an ASAP report. Other findings, resulting from investigations by the FAA and American Eagle have yet to be determined, said Smith.

A319, ERJ 170 Clip Wings at IAD
A United Airlines A319 clipped the wing of an Embraer ERJ 170 on a taxiway at Dulles International Airport last week, the latest in a string of such incidents since the beginning of the year. A U.S. Airways Express CRJ regional jet, operated by Republic Airways, clipped the wing of a U.S. Airways Airbus A319, as it was taxiing on the north side of Washington National Airport. Also under investigation by the FAA is the SkyWest/United accident in San Francisco in which a United 757 backed into a SkyWest aircraft carrying 60 passengers and crew Related Story
The United/United Express incident occurred February 24 at 6:10 pm on a taxiway leading to Runway 19L. The larger jet was en route to Albuquerque while the United Express jet – reportedly operated by Shuttle America -- was on its way to Dallas/Fort Worth. Passengers were placed on other aircraft after FAA inspected the planes for damage.

go! Pilots Had Twice the Required Rest
Records of the go! pilots accused of falling asleep on a Honolulu-Hilo flight indicate they had 15 hours of rest before taking the helm of the CRJ 200 which flew 15 miles out to sea before turning around. Mesa suspended the pilots pending an investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board reported there were no pressurization problems with the aircraft and no carbon monoxide. Records also indicate that pilots had double and sometimes quadruple the required rest time in the days prior to the flight, according to the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
The newspaper also reported that the captain had 25,000 hours of experience while the first officer had only 1,350, with only 500 hours time in type. Related Story

New Gear Problem w/ Q400
A new landing gear problem emerged with the Bombardier Q400 after a Tyrolean aircraft made an emergency landing on February 25 at approximately 10:20 am, Vienna time. “We believe the Tyrolean Q400 declared an emergency landing in Vienna due to conflicting indicators concerning the deployment of the landing gear,” Bombardier Spokesperson John Arnone told Regional Aviation News. “The aircraft landed with all landing gear down and safely locked, confirming that the three green signals in the alternate landing gear indication system were accurate.”
He noted that evidence suggests that faulty landing gear sensors were the cause of the conflicting indicators and said the problem did not constitute a safety hazard for passengers and crew. The flight was inbound from Nurnberg with 67 passengers on board. The incident follows landing gear problems at SAS and airworthiness directives after three SAS aircraft crashed on landing owing to landing gear problems. Investigations found the problems were unique to SAS, the aircraft’s launch customer, after fleet-wide inspections. SAS has since announced it is spinning the aircraft out of its fleet, leaving 27 on the market. “There is no relationship whatsoever to the main landing gear incidents in September and November,” concluded Arnone. Related Story