After landing on runway 27R at phl the flight crew of an emb-145 was unable to clear the runway due ...

Narrative:

[We] landed 27R phl behind a dash 8. When we turned off at taxiway north we could not clear the runway and caused a go around. The dash 8 was still on taxiway north just clear of the hold short line awaiting ramp taxi instructions. To our left on K taxiway was a stopped airbus and we had no access to K taxiway to our right. We were still on tower frequency. The tower asked if we were clear of the runway and I (first officer) replied we were not clear. The tower commanded the aircraft on short final to go around. Finally the dash 8 moved forward and I contacted ground control. The ground controller seemed confused as to where we were located. When the ground controller finally realized where we were they accused us of causing the go around. I informed the ground controller we did not cause the go around and could not climb over the dash 8. We were then instructed to contact ramp control and taxied to our gate.ATC should not have aircraft clearing the runway; go directly to ramp control. They should always contact ground control to assure they clear the runway and then pass them on to ramp control. Use of ramp control to taxi aircraft clear of a runway leads to problems like this.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After landing on Runway 27R at PHL the flight crew of an EMB-145 was unable to clear the runway due to conflicting traffic blocking their egress. An inbound flight was directed to go around as a result.

Narrative: [We] landed 27R PHL behind a Dash 8. When we turned off at Taxiway N we could not clear the runway and caused a go around. The Dash 8 was still on Taxiway N just clear of the hold short line awaiting ramp taxi instructions. To our left on K Taxiway was a stopped Airbus and we had no access to K Taxiway to our right. We were still on Tower frequency. The Tower asked if we were clear of the runway and I (First Officer) replied we were not clear. The Tower commanded the aircraft on short final to go around. Finally the Dash 8 moved forward and I contacted Ground Control. The Ground Controller seemed confused as to where we were located. When the Ground Controller finally realized where we were they accused us of causing the go around. I informed the Ground Controller we did not cause the go around and could not climb over the Dash 8. We were then instructed to contact Ramp Control and taxied to our gate.ATC should NOT have aircraft clearing the runway; go directly to Ramp Control. They should ALWAYS contact Ground Control to assure they clear the runway and then pass them on to Ramp Control. Use of Ramp Control to taxi aircraft clear of a runway leads to problems like this.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1013562
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	PHL.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Incursion Runway

After landing on runway 27R at phl the flight crew of an emb-145 was unable to clear the runway due to conflicting traffic blocking their egress. An inbound flight was directed to go around as a result.