Crj-700 captain reports inadvertently entering the movement area during a U turn out of the gate at ...

Narrative:

I had to make a tight spin out of the gate with a dash 8 behind me and a CR9 in front of me. While making the turn with minimum and idle thrust; and keeping an eye on the ground crew; I crossed the line from the non-movement area onto taxiway a before receiving a taxi clearance from ground. The first officer (first officer) was calling ground as we started our movement; and I was expecting to receive a taxi clearance quickly. Additionally; I did not realize how close the border of the non-movement area was to our gate. Unfortunately; the first officer's headset was not plugged completely in and his first couple transmissions to ground was unsuccessful. As I realized I was now halfway onto taxiway a; and the first officer wasn't transmitting; I keyed the mike and got a taxi clearance immediately. There is no indication on the 10-9 diagram nor on the 10-7 pages of where the non-movement area ends. The main thing I can do to prevent this from happening is a behavioral and habit change. I'm used to; and in the habit of; expecting there to be plenty of room to make a turn off a gate before entering a movement area. I the future I will make a habit of calling ground to receive a proper taxi clearance before any aircraft movement regardless of how familiar I think I am with the airfield.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-700 Captain reports inadvertently entering the movement area during a U turn out of the gate at ELM due to the close proximity of the line and the First Officer's calls for clearance going unanswered.

Narrative: I had to make a tight spin out of the gate with a Dash 8 behind me and a CR9 in front of me. While making the turn with minimum and idle thrust; and keeping an eye on the ground crew; I crossed the line from the non-movement area onto Taxiway A before receiving a taxi clearance from ground. The First Officer (FO) was calling ground as we started our movement; and I was expecting to receive a taxi clearance quickly. Additionally; I did not realize how close the border of the non-movement area was to our gate. Unfortunately; the FO's headset was not plugged completely in and his first couple transmissions to ground was unsuccessful. As I realized I was now halfway onto Taxiway A; and the FO wasn't transmitting; I keyed the mike and got a taxi clearance immediately. There is no indication on the 10-9 diagram nor on the 10-7 pages of where the non-movement area ends. The main thing I can do to prevent this from happening is a behavioral and habit change. I'm used to; and in the habit of; expecting there to be plenty of room to make a turn off a gate before entering a movement area. I the future I will make a habit of calling ground to receive a proper taxi clearance before any aircraft movement regardless of how familiar I think I am with the airfield.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1202772
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ELM.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Taxiway

Crj-700 captain reports inadvertently entering the movement area during a U turn out of the gate at elm due to the close proximity of the line and the first officer's calls for clearance going unanswered.