Accidents
TSB Reports on Runway Incursion at Calgary
The taxiing Beech 1900 came within 500 feet of a Boeing 737 passing overhead.

A March 29 runway incursion at Calgary International airport occurred when an aircraft maintenance technician became confused about a taxi route to a remote portion of the airport to conduct a nighttime engine runup, according to a report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. The mechanic started from the company ramp in the opposite direction from the instructions he was given. Contributing to the incursion was relatively poor visibility, as well as the tower controller’s failure to accurately monitor the Beech 1900’s progress on the airport surface detection radar system (ASDE).