Performance And Accountability Report - Fiscal Year 2013 - Federal Aviation Administration - U.s. Department Of Transportation Page 49
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150 OBJECTIVE: Aviation Risk Is Reduced through All Phases of Flight (Gate-to-Gate)
Serious Runway Incursions Rate
(Category A & B)
In recent years, the agency has implemented changes in cockpit
Reduce Category A & B (most serious) runway incursions
procedures, airport signage and markings, air traffic procedures,
to a rate of no more than .395 per million operations, and
maintain or improve through FY 2013.
and technology implementation to improve runway safety at our
nation’s airports.
FY 2013
Reduce Category A & B (most serious) runway incursions
Target
to a rate of no more than .395 per million operations, and
maintain or improve through FY 2013.
Changes took place in the following areas:
FY 2013
.200
The Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) and the
¢
Result
(Preliminary estimate until the final result becomes available in
Technical Operations Safety Action Program (T-SAP). These
January 2014.)
are voluntary self-reporting systems that enable FAA
Public
Reduced probability that the public will be injured or killed
employees to openly report concerns about flight safety.
Benefit
in an accident resulting from a runway incursion.
ATSAP is a confidential, non-punitive reporting program that
This performance measure supports a DOT Agency Priority Goal.
empowers FAA employees to play a direct role in safety. Use
of this tool has resulted in an increase in safety reporting,
which has ironically caused a greater number of such issues
A runway incursion is any occurrence at an airport involving
to be brought to light in recent years. However, the reporting
the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the
has helped the FAA identify potential incursion risks in the
protected area of a surface designated for the landing and
system and take swift action to address them.
takeoff of aircraft. Runway incursions may result from air traffic
controller, pilot, vehicle driver, or equipment operator, or from
Initial and periodic safety reviews of airports where incorrect
¢
pedestrian deviation. All events are analyzed to identify hazards
runway departures and runway incursions are of greatest
and develop mitigation procedures to reduce the reported risk
concern.
of such incidents. Such events can lead to serious accidents,
Implementation of enhanced taxiway centerline markings at
¢
potentially involving fatalities, injuries, and significant property
all certificated airports.
damage.
Review of airport vehicular operations and air carrier surface
¢
The FAA tracks two categories of most serious runway
procedures, along with revised employee recurrent training.
incursions:
Accelerated deployment of surveillance, detection, and
¢
Category
A—a serious incident in which a collision was
warning systems, such as Airport Surface Detection
¢
narrowly avoided.
Equipment, including Model X (ASDE-X), and Runway Status
Lights (RWSL) at designated Core 30 Airports. ASDE is a
Category
B—an incident in which separation decreases
¢
surface-detection technology that integrates data from
and there is a significant potential for collision, which may
various sources, including radars and aircraft transponders,
result in a time-critical corrective/evasive response to avoid
to provide controllers with a more robust view of movement
a collision.
on runways and taxiways. RWSL is a situational awareness
Since maintaining the safety of the nation’s runways is critical
indication system located on the runway that alerts pilots
to ensuring safe operations in the nation’s airspace, reducing the
and ground vehicle operators not to enter or cross a runway
number and severity of runway incursions is one of the FAA’s top
when there is conflicting traffic.
priorities. In FY 2013, with a rate of .200, we achieved our goal of
Adoption of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
¢
reducing Category A & B runway incursions to no more than .395
standardized air traffic controller/pilot runway clearance
per million operations.
phraseology (“Line Up and Wait”) and runway crossing
clearances.
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