Runway incursion info?!

[low n' slow]

Hi all.
I have to write a paper and make a presentation on any aviation related topic. I chose to write about runway incursions, what the main causes are and how to reduce the risk involved.
I've decided to evauluate three differing accident reports, differing in the respect that they have different causes but the same outcome: a serious accident. The first accident I've chosen is the ever interesting Teneriffe accident where a KLM 747 and a PanAm 747 collided. The second, the accident which occured ad Charles Du Gaulle where a shorts 360 collided with an Air France aircraft (cannot recall the a/c type...). The third accident report I'll look at will be the recent crash at Linate where a SAS MD87 collided with a german Citation.
I've had no problem in locating this last report but the two first have been a bother. I cant seem to find them anywhere (guess I'm looking at the wrong places...). If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.
Apart from this evaluation section I intend to show how often runway incursions occur. I was watching a programme on discovery where I believe they said that a medium sized, ATC controlled airport in Brittain will experience somewhere around 40 runway incursions per year. Can this really be correct?! To me it sound like a lot and really bothers me (which is partly why I chose the topic!). Again, if anybody has any information about this type of statistics, I would be very grateful if you could point me in a general direction or perhaps provide me with a report.
Lastly I would be interested in your views on this problem. Apart from ADSB (a system for improving ground traffic safety currently being evaluated here in sweden), has anyone any ideas on how to avoid these incursions from taking place? Perhaps someone has some own experience that you would like to share on the forum.

Thanks on forehand/ LnS

[Konkordski]

You can find the Spanish investigation report into the Tenerife collision here (http://www.mfom.es/ciaiac/publicaciones/historicos/los_rodeos/los_rodeos.htm) - although it's in Spanish.

As for the Paris collision, between the MD-83 and Shorts 330, the report is in English and can be found here (http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2000/g-wn000525a/htm/g-wn000525a.html).

I'd strongly recommend you contact Eurocontrol (which has just developed a runway safety action plan, based on the latest research into European incursions) and the NTSB (which has years of experience in collecting incursion data).

As someone who's been covering runway incursion events, analysis and counter-strategies for the past few years, I can tell you there's a hell of a lot of information around. If you're looking for technical solutions you might want to include multilateration, the ground-marker concept, and Honeywell's RAAS as well as ADS-B...

[T67]

Hi,

sorry if you have allready checked it out - but have a look at the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. May take a little digging around, but it would be your best start point. You

They may be able to help with the stats.

The site : http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm

and http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/publications/bulletins.cfm explains in a little more detail.


If you are interested in various stats ... You might want to glance through the CAP735.
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?categoryid=33&pagetype=65&applicationid=11&mode=detail&id=524

Or other stats :
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?categoryid=33&pagetype=65&applicationid=11&mode=list&type=subcat&id=26

I hope this helps

Good luck

T67

[Spitoon]

You might find something on the CAA web site (http://www.caa.co.uk/runwayincursions)

[low n' slow]

Thanks all!
Multilateration is a very important and interesting aspect in all this. As with all new systems it allways takes some time for them to become fully employed (just look at windshear radars, it took 10 years...). The trick is to get a cheap and foolproof/watertight system operational somewhere quickly as an example. Anyway, thanks for your responses, I'll start checking through the sites as soon as I can find the time.

Regards/LnS