<< >> NASA ASRS Report 195340, November 1991

Air carrier exits runway at high speed and taxies in front of small aircraft on taxiway. Air carrier no contact with tower.

Attributes
ACN	195340
Time
Date	199111
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tus
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000
ASRS Report	195340
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	195320
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After landing on runway 29R we turned off on taxiway 8W. My first officer attempted contact with ground control but had no response from his first call. We continued our taxiing onto taxiway a. At this point ground control responded and we also noted that an small aircraft taxiing northwest on taxiway a had stopped about 20-30 ft short of where we had taxied across in front of him. The small aircraft had clearance to taxi northwest on taxiway a and we, turning off the runway after landing and not immediately hearing from ground control taxied across taxiway a in front of him. We did not visually observe the small aircraft until we passed in front of him. We were at normal taxi speed. A situation like this happening at higher speed as with high speed turnoffs from the runway could have been tragic. Solution: aircraft turning off of the runway on high speed turnoffs should have the right of way onto the first parallel taxiway. Supplemental information from acn 195320: also this small aircraft had a very dull blue over grey coloring, making it blend in with the taxiway and other surroundings.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR EXITS RWY AT HIGH SPD AND TAXIES IN FRONT OF SMA ON TAXIWAY. ACR NO CONTACT WITH TWR.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 29R WE TURNED OFF ON TAXIWAY 8W. MY FO ATTEMPTED CONTACT WITH GND CTL BUT HAD NO RESPONSE FROM HIS FIRST CALL. WE CONTINUED OUR TAXIING ONTO TAXIWAY A. AT THIS POINT GND CTL RESPONDED AND WE ALSO NOTED THAT AN SMA TAXIING NW ON TAXIWAY A HAD STOPPED ABOUT 20-30 FT SHORT OF WHERE WE HAD TAXIED ACROSS IN FRONT OF HIM. THE SMA HAD CLRNC TO TAXI NW ON TAXIWAY A AND WE, TURNING OFF THE RWY AFTER LNDG AND NOT IMMEDIATELY HEARING FROM GND CTL TAXIED ACROSS TAXIWAY A IN FRONT OF HIM. WE DID NOT VISUALLY OBSERVE THE SMA UNTIL WE PASSED IN FRONT OF HIM. WE WERE AT NORMAL TAXI SPD. A SITUATION LIKE THIS HAPPENING AT HIGHER SPD AS WITH HIGH SPD TURNOFFS FROM THE RWY COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. SOLUTION: ACFT TURNING OFF OF THE RWY ON HIGH SPD TURNOFFS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY ONTO THE FIRST PARALLEL TAXIWAY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 195320: ALSO THIS SMA HAD A VERY DULL BLUE OVER GREY COLORING, MAKING IT BLEND IN WITH THE TAXIWAY AND OTHER SURROUNDINGS.

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.