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Advisory board urges formal runway vehicle procedures after near-misses at Cleveland Municipal Airport
Summary
After several recent runway incursions and a pilotstatement read to the board, ClevelandAirport Advisory Board members recommended written procedures, training and oversight for vehicles that enter or cross active runways but took no formal vote.
Cleveland Municipal Airport officials and tenants pressed the Cleveland Airport Advisory Board on July 16 about recent near-misses between aircraft and ground vehicles and recommended new procedures and training.
Board members said the incidents included a pilotreport of a side-by-side vehicle on a runway, a local instructoraccount of a golf-cart‑type vehicle that forced a go‑around, and a national example in which a mower operator was struck and killed. "The runway surface is reserved strictly for aircraft operations, period," said Greg Mottle, an airport advisory board member and flight instructor, during the presentation.
The board said the airport must adopt detailed procedures for authorized vehicles entering, crossing or using active runways, establish a formal training program for vehicle operators and create an oversight…
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