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Captain a wide body cargo aircraft reported a near-collision with a citation during taxi at ind airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1379335 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IND.Airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On the second leg of our 3 leg day we were parked [at the] gate in ind. We were pushed back with the tail pointed to the southwest. Push and start were normal. Due to the size of the aircraft we called ground for taxi with the nose of the aircraft pointed to the northeast. Ground gave us a taxi clearance to taxi to 23L. The taxi is very short and the geometry of the ramp does not allow us to see down [the] taxiway. Starting the turn out of the ramp I noticed a cessna citation taxiing at a high rate of speed down [the] taxiway. I stopped the aircraft halfway through the turn and the citation passed under the nose of the aircraft. There was no damage to the aircraft but it was very close to a major accident. When we queried ground control they said it was their mistake. The citation pilot said that he was just complying with his clearance. We continued our taxi and had an uneventful flight.the ground controller forgot about the citation taxiing on [the] taxiway. They should have had the citation stop and wait for us or us not taxi until the citation passed. The high rate of speed that the citation was taxiing at was probably a major contributing factor.the only thing that I think that we as a crew could have done anything different was to have been monitoring ground control earlier. Maybe we would have heard the citation and been able to query ground earlier.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Captain a Wide body cargo aircraft reported a near-collision with a Citation during taxi at IND airport.
Narrative: On the second leg of our 3 leg day we were parked [at the] gate in IND. We were pushed back with the tail pointed to the southwest. Push and start were normal. Due to the size of the aircraft we called ground for taxi with the nose of the aircraft pointed to the northeast. Ground gave us a taxi clearance to taxi to 23L. The taxi is very short and the geometry of the ramp does not allow us to see down [the] taxiway. Starting the turn out of the ramp I noticed a Cessna Citation taxiing at a high rate of speed down [the] taxiway. I stopped the aircraft halfway through the turn and the Citation passed under the nose of the aircraft. There was no damage to the aircraft but it was very close to a major accident. When we queried ground control they said it was their mistake. The Citation pilot said that he was just complying with his clearance. We continued our taxi and had an uneventful flight.The Ground Controller forgot about the Citation taxiing on [the] taxiway. They should have had the Citation stop and wait for us or us not taxi until the Citation passed. The high rate of speed that the Citation was taxiing at was probably a major contributing factor.The only thing that I think that we as a crew could have done anything different was to have been monitoring Ground Control earlier. Maybe we would have heard the Citation and been able to query ground earlier.
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.