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Attributes | |
ACN | 139189 |
Time | |
Date | 199003 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : bwi |
State Reference | MD |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 200 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : bwi |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
Navigation In Use | Other Other |
Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
Navigation In Use | Other Other |
Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | observation : observer |
Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
Experience | flight time total : 8000 |
ASRS Report | 139189 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other other |
Consequence | Other |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 500 vertical : 200 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Our flight crew an event which could have led to serious injury and possible death. [While] holding south of runway 22 on taxiway alpha after landing on runway 10, ground control frequency advised us to call ground on 120.2 and hold short of runway 22. Company flight medium large transport X was instructed on the same frequency to taxi from the north side of runway 22 at alpha onto runway 22 and make a left turn on taxiway sierra. We were looking straight at him as he was executing these instructions. We heard ground control on 120.2 say 'stop'. We looked out and see small aircraft Y on a missed approach from runway 22. We did not see this airplane on approach before this call even though the night was clear. Medium large transport X was eventually cleared to proceed and the other aircraft made another approach and landing. Numerous radio calls before and especially after this incident led me to believe that the situation on the split ground control frequencys was out of control. Dozens of planes were holding inbound and outbnd all over the place. The controllers had aircraft nose to nose with an outbnd aircraft on sierra mins after the missed approach incident. We landed at X+0:57 local and did not shut down engines in the gate until X+1:21 local. The arrival ATIS told of arrs to 10 and 15 right and departures off 15R, runway 22 traffic plus dual ground frequencys (we don't know the reason for dual ground) created quite a circus atmosphere. We were told on short final to runway 10 to roll to the end. Other aircraft after us turned off, probably onto echo and thus were going upstream against aircraft leaving the gates going to runway 15R for takeoff. It was a real mess.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG FLT CREW OBSERVES CRITICAL GND CONFLICT BETWEEN COMPANY MLG TAXIING ON GND AND SMA ON APCH TO LNDG.
Narrative: OUR FLT CREW AN EVENT WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO SERIOUS INJURY AND POSSIBLE DEATH. [WHILE] HOLDING S OF RWY 22 ON TXWY ALPHA AFTER LNDG ON RWY 10, GND CTL FREQ ADVISED US TO CALL GND ON 120.2 AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 22. COMPANY FLT MLG X WAS INSTRUCTED ON THE SAME FREQ TO TAXI FROM THE N SIDE OF RWY 22 AT ALPHA ONTO RWY 22 AND MAKE A L TURN ON TXWY SIERRA. WE WERE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT HIM AS HE WAS EXECUTING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. WE HEARD GND CTL ON 120.2 SAY 'STOP'. WE LOOKED OUT AND SEE SMA Y ON A MISSED APCH FROM RWY 22. WE DID NOT SEE THIS AIRPLANE ON APCH BEFORE THIS CALL EVEN THOUGH THE NIGHT WAS CLR. MLG X WAS EVENTUALLY CLRED TO PROCEED AND THE OTHER ACFT MADE ANOTHER APCH AND LNDG. NUMEROUS RADIO CALLS BEFORE AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE SITUATION ON THE SPLIT GND CTL FREQS WAS OUT OF CTL. DOZENS OF PLANES WERE HOLDING INBND AND OUTBND ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE CTLRS HAD ACFT NOSE TO NOSE WITH AN OUTBND ACFT ON SIERRA MINS AFTER THE MISSED APCH INCIDENT. WE LANDED AT X+0:57 LCL AND DID NOT SHUT DOWN ENGS IN THE GATE UNTIL X+1:21 LCL. THE ARR ATIS TOLD OF ARRS TO 10 AND 15 R AND DEPS OFF 15R, RWY 22 TFC PLUS DUAL GND FREQS (WE DON'T KNOW THE REASON FOR DUAL GND) CREATED QUITE A CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE. WE WERE TOLD ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 10 TO ROLL TO THE END. OTHER ACFT AFTER US TURNED OFF, PROBABLY ONTO ECHO AND THUS WERE GOING UPSTREAM AGAINST ACFT LEAVING THE GATES GOING TO RWY 15R FOR TKOF. IT WAS A REAL MESS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.