Runway Excursions

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Runway Excursions
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Runway Excursion 2000

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RSIPP

• Worldwide, runway excursions are the highest
  single occurrence category of all accidents for
  commercial general aviation operations
• information campaign on runway excursions in
  Canada
• Runway Safety and Incursion Prevention Panel

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RSIPP Background
Canadian Business Aviation Association Canadian
Owners and Pilots Association National Airlines
Council of Canada NAV CANADA Transport
Canada Transportation Safety Board of Canada

• Air Canada Pilots Association
• Air Line Pilots Association
• Air Transport Association of Canada
• Air Traffic Specialists/ Local 2245 CAW
• Canadian Airports Council
• Canadian Air Traffic Control Association

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Definition of a Runway Excursions

• A runway excursion occurs when an aircraft fails
  to confine its take off or landing to the
  designated runway. This may occur during the take
  off roll if the aircraft leaves the runway other
  than by becoming fully airborne or if an
  attempted landing is not completed within the
  confines of the intended runway.

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Top Risk Factors

• Take off Excursions
• Rejected take off at a speed greater than V1,
  loss of pilot directional control, rejecting take
  off before V1
• Landing Excursions
• Go around not conducted, touchdown long, landing
  gear malfunctions and ineffective breaking

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Pieces of the puzzle

• Flight operations
• Air Traffic Management
• Airport
• Aircraft manufacturer
• Regulator

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Flight OperationsRisk Control Measures

• Stabilized approach criteria
• No fault go-around policy
• Training
• Decision making

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Airports Risk Control Measures

• Runway design, markings, condition, maintenance
• Availability of RSC Reports
• SNOW and ICE Plans
• Defined criteria for closing a runway
• Runway safety area
• Aircraft Rescue Fire-Fighting
• Visual means for flight crews to determine runway
  distance

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Air Traffic Management Risk Control Measures

• Awareness of the importance of stabilized
  approaches
• descent clearances or approach speeds
• Selection of runway appropriate to wind
• Accurate and timely weather reports
• Accurate and timely runway surface condition
  reports

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Transportation Safety Board of Canada

• High level recommendations from the TSB
• In bad weather, pilots need to receive timely
  information about runway surface conditions.
• Airports need to lengthen the safety areas at the
  end of runways or install other engineered
  systems and structures to safely stop planes that
  overrun.

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Excursions
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Excursions
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RSIPP Actions for RE Campaign

1. Create a Runway Excursion database
2. Continue to provide an awareness program to
   aviation stakeholders
3. Share industry best-practices to reduce the risk
   of Runway Excursions

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Conclusion