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SR22 pilot reports misunderstanding ground control instructions to follow a centurion; believing it is ahead but is actually still approaching; and cuts him off.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1226180 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201412 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MYF.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR22 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 215 Flight Crew Type 215 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 40 |
Narrative:
After landing from a 1 hour scenic flight with 3 passengers; I was holding short of H; to contact ground. Ground instructed me to taxi via H and J and to follow a centurion. I thought that the centurion was the aircraft in front of me already on taxiway H so I crossed taxiway G while eastbound on H. The centurion was actually on G moving towards H. I passed in front of him and these were the communications on the radio after that: 1.- some 30 seconds later; the ground controller said: 'centurion XXX sorry about that; I guess he doesn't know what a centurion is' (referring to me; it was then that I realized what the controller really wanted). 2.- the guy in the centurion answered: 'yeah; (inaudible). That could've been an accident'. 3.- controller: 'roger'. 4.- then the guy in the centurion; some 40 seconds later requested the phone number for tower which was provided to him. 5.- then another minute or so later; ground called me on the radio to tell me that I cut the centurion at golf; for which I apologized.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SR22 pilot reports misunderstanding Ground Control instructions to follow a Centurion; believing it is ahead but is actually still approaching; and cuts him off.
Narrative: After landing from a 1 hour scenic flight with 3 passengers; I was holding short of H; to contact ground. Ground instructed me to taxi via H and J and to follow a Centurion. I thought that the Centurion was the aircraft in front of me already on taxiway H so I crossed taxiway G while eastbound on H. The centurion was actually on G moving towards H. I passed in front of him and these were the communications on the radio after that: 1.- Some 30 seconds later; the ground controller said: 'Centurion XXX sorry about that; I guess he doesn't know what a Centurion is' (referring to me; it was then that I realized what the controller really wanted). 2.- The guy in the Centurion answered: 'yeah; (inaudible). That could've been an accident'. 3.- Controller: 'Roger'. 4.- Then the guy in the Centurion; some 40 seconds later requested the phone number for tower which was provided to him. 5.- Then another minute or so later; ground called me on the radio to tell me that I cut the Centurion at Golf; for which I apologized.
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.