<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1029849, August 2012

Air carrier being pushed back by 'ramp control' inadvertently entered an active taxiway without ATC approval.

Attributes
ACN	1029849
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 245 Flight Crew Type 10000
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 194
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

On push back in sfo we received clearance to push from ramp control. Our ramp agents started pushing us all the way onto an active taxiway. We questioned the ramp agent; who was hard to hear; the reason for pushing us on the taxiway and he advised us it was because of an aircraft trying to come in the alley. We had no clearance to push on the active taxiway. We switched to ground and apologized for the push. No conflict with another aircraft except company airplane had to wait for a minute.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier being pushed back by 'Ramp Control' inadvertently entered an active taxiway without ATC approval.

Narrative: On push back in SFO we received clearance to push from Ramp Control. Our ramp agents started pushing us all the way onto an active taxiway. We questioned the Ramp Agent; who was hard to hear; the reason for pushing us on the taxiway and he advised us it was because of an aircraft trying to come in the alley. We had no clearance to push on the active taxiway. We switched to Ground and apologized for the push. No conflict with another aircraft except Company airplane had to wait for a minute.

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.