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Emb-145 captain reported stopping midway through pushback to avoid colliding with other aircraft in the ramp area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1639063 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
We were ready to pushback off of gate X at ZZZ; and told ramp control. They responded; 'hold the push; aircraft pushing off Y [a couple gates down].' about two minutes later; ramp control asked if we had two-way communication with our push crew; which we answered in the affirmative. She responded; 'reference the push off gate Y; cleared to push.' I asked the tug driver if he could see the aircraft that pushed off Y; and he said he did. I said; 'okay; don't push us into him - park brake released; cleared to push.' about 50% into the pushback; the captain that had pushed off Y excitedly came on the frequency and said; 'aircraft pushing off X; hold your push! Stop the push! You are pushing right into us!' first officer (first officer) and I immediately told the tug driver to stop the push; and about the same time ramp control told us to stop the push. After discussion with ramp control and pushback supervision; we decided to disconnect and taxi out from the present position; as the push off gate Y did not have room to taxi with us first clearing the area. Normal operations resumed. The other captain detected the event.maybe add a tail-walker if the pushback crew isn't going to pay attention to the rear of the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-145 Captain reported stopping midway through pushback to avoid colliding with other aircraft in the ramp area.
Narrative: We were ready to pushback off of gate X at ZZZ; and told ramp control. They responded; 'hold the push; aircraft pushing off Y [a couple gates down].' About two minutes later; ramp control asked if we had two-way communication with our push crew; which we answered in the affirmative. She responded; 'Reference the push off gate Y; cleared to push.' I asked the tug driver if he could see the aircraft that pushed off Y; and he said he did. I said; 'okay; don't push us into him - park brake released; cleared to push.' About 50% into the pushback; the Captain that had pushed off Y excitedly came on the frequency and said; 'Aircraft pushing off X; hold your push! Stop the push! You are pushing right into us!' FO (First Officer) and I immediately told the tug driver to stop the push; and about the same time ramp control told us to stop the push. After discussion with ramp control and pushback supervision; we decided to disconnect and taxi out from the present position; as the push off gate Y did not have room to taxi with us first clearing the area. Normal operations resumed. The other Captain detected the event.Maybe add a tail-walker if the pushback crew isn't going to pay attention to the rear of the aircraft.
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.