MDW runway incursion "Hot Spots" incidents

Volume 2PDFTech ReportRunway incursionsAccident analysisAccident dataUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Highway Safety ProgramAviation Safety Reporting SystemJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterBTS Data DirectoryThe analysis set was limited to runway incursion incidents that occurredbetween January 1, 2000 and June 30,2002.\ue2\u20ac\ua2 The runway incursion incidents included incidents involving eitherholdline transgressions or actual runway penetrations.\ue2\u20ac\ua2 The runway incursion incidents were limited to the top 20 busiest U.S. aircarrier airports based on the FAA Administrator's FactBook, February2002 edition.'The occurrence of a runway incursion was based on the NASA ASRSdefinition: "The ASRS defines a runwayincursion as an incident thatinvolved the erroneous or improper occupation of a runway or itsimmediate environs by an aircraft or other vehicle so as topose apotential collision hazard to other aircraft that could be using the runway,even ifno such otheraircraft were actually present."\ue2\u20ac\ua2A coding instrument was developed by the ASRS staff to identify RunwayIncursion "Hot Spots" Locations, Types of Runway Incursions, and Typesof Aircraft Involved, Types of Operators Involved and Contributory HumanFactors.\ue2\u20ac\ua2 "Hot Spots" locations were definedas the specific location on the airportwhere the hold line transgression or runwayincursion occurred.\ue2\u20ac\ua2 The analysis set was limited to ASRS reports that received full-formanalysis