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Corporate jet flight crew reported high snowbanks at msp made observing other ground traffic and following ATC's taxi instructions difficult. Other taxiing aircraft were in very close proximity.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1618625 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MSP.Airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 85 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 6000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 6000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 25 |
Narrative:
We were parked at [the FBO]. The weather was VFR. The day before kmsp received 8 to 10 inches of snow. We received our taxi clearance from ATC to taxi to runway 30L [via] W-5; west; to 30L. No hold short instructions. I was the pilot flying; I taxied on W-5 and just past a snow bank approaching whiskey taxiway; three 737s were taxiing down whiskey on my left. I stopped. ATC said '[callsign] taxi behind the second 737;' and [my copilot] replied 'we were surprised to see them there'. ATC told the 3rd 737 that he would follow us coming out. It looked like we had approximately 30 feet clearance between their wing tip and our nose. No one; ATC or the 737's; said anything about the closeness of the wing tip and our nose. We were all cleared to taxi via whiskey it seems. I think the snow banks prohibited all of us to see each other in a timely manner. But we did and we did see and avoid each other.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Corporate Jet flight crew reported high snowbanks at MSP made observing other ground traffic and following ATC's taxi instructions difficult. Other taxiing aircraft were in very close proximity.
Narrative: We were parked at [the FBO]. The weather was VFR. The day before KMSP received 8 to 10 inches of snow. We received our taxi clearance from ATC to taxi to Runway 30L [via] W-5; W; to 30L. No hold short instructions. I was the pilot flying; I taxied on W-5 and just past a snow bank approaching Whiskey taxiway; three 737s were taxiing down whiskey on my left. I stopped. ATC said '[callsign] taxi behind the second 737;' and [my copilot] replied 'we were surprised to see them there'. ATC told the 3rd 737 that he would follow us coming out. It looked like we had approximately 30 feet clearance between their wing tip and our nose. No one; ATC or the 737's; said anything about the closeness of the wing tip and our nose. We were all cleared to taxi via Whiskey it seems. I think the snow banks prohibited all of us to see each other in a timely manner. But we did and we did see and avoid each other.
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.