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The flight crew of an A300 taxiing on papa for takeoff on runway 23R at ind moved slightly left of centerline while they passed a heavy mcdonnell douglas aircraft holding in the pad at the intersection with juliet; believing the surface markings provided adequate clearance. The next day the flight crew of the mcdonnell douglas advised the A300's wingtip had come within five feet of their windshield even given their precautionary deviation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1217276 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201411 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IND.Airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
Taxiing to 23R turning from taxiway C onto P we saw aircraft Y pulled off on the pad at the intersection of taxiway P and J. He was nose toward taxiway P close to the line marking the edge of the pad. At the time I thought it would be close but he was across the line. I moved a little left of the center line to help with clearance and had my first officer watch our wingtip. As we got close to his nose he flashed his turnoff light at us and I realized I had not turned off my turnoff lights after crossing RW23L so I turned them off. We preceded past and went on. The next night...the captain of the flight on the pad looked me up and said our wingtip had passed within 5 ft. Of his nose and he had flashed his turnoff light to get us to stop. [This event occurred due to my belief] that the line marking a holding pad would give wingtip clearance like a line on our ramp. There was concern enough to cause me to move left of centerline. This should have gotten me to call ground and see if that flight was on frequency and could also insure our wingtip clearance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The flight crew of an A300 taxiing on Papa for takeoff on Runway 23R at IND moved slightly left of centerline while they passed a Heavy Mcdonnell Douglas aircraft holding in the pad at the intersection with Juliet; believing the surface markings provided adequate clearance. The next day the flight crew of the Mcdonnell Douglas advised the A300's wingtip had come within five feet of their windshield even given their precautionary deviation.
Narrative: Taxiing to 23R turning from taxiway C onto P we saw Aircraft Y pulled off on the pad at the intersection of taxiway P and J. He was nose toward taxiway P close to the line marking the edge of the pad. At the time I thought it would be close but he was across the line. I moved a little left of the center line to help with clearance and had my First Officer watch our wingtip. As we got close to his nose he flashed his turnoff light at us and I realized I had not turned off my turnoff lights after crossing RW23L so I turned them off. We preceded past and went on. The next night...the Captain of the flight on the pad looked me up and said our wingtip had passed within 5 ft. of his nose and he had flashed his turnoff light to get us to stop. [This event occurred due to my belief] that the line marking a holding pad would give wingtip clearance like a line on our ramp. There was concern enough to cause me to move left of centerline. This should have gotten me to call ground and see if that flight was on frequency and could also insure our wingtip clearance.
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.