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Air carrier widebody transport unauthorized taxi as company ground personnel repositioned the aircraft to another gate at ord.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 199652 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199201 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 199652 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On 1/thu/92 I was bringing a widebody transport aircraft to another gate. I was repositioning aircraft from XXX gate to YYY gate. After starting engines our crew obtained taxi clearance from our ramp. I then heard our radio man exclaim 'cleared to the gate.' thinking he was talking to ord ground, I proceeded to move the aircraft onto the taxiway. It was not apparent between the radio man and I that he was talking to ramp control and not ground control until I was on the taxiway. Since there were no conflict situations from aircraft on the taxiway, and since my departure gate was very close to my intended gate of arrival I elected to continue. It was not apparent to me that I did not have radio contact with ground control until I was at the final gate. Factors that should have prevented this situation would have been a more positive communication between the radio man and myself about who he was receiving clearance from.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR WDB UNAUTH TAXI AS CGP REPOSITIONED THE ACFT TO ANOTHER GATE AT ORD.
Narrative: ON 1/THU/92 I WAS BRINGING A WDB ACFT TO ANOTHER GATE. I WAS REPOSITIONING ACFT FROM XXX GATE TO YYY GATE. AFTER STARTING ENGS OUR CREW OBTAINED TAXI CLRNC FROM OUR RAMP. I THEN HEARD OUR RADIO MAN EXCLAIM 'CLRED TO THE GATE.' THINKING HE WAS TALKING TO ORD GND, I PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE ACFT ONTO THE TAXIWAY. IT WAS NOT APPARENT BTWN THE RADIO MAN AND I THAT HE WAS TALKING TO RAMP CTL AND NOT GND CTL UNTIL I WAS ON THE TAXIWAY. SINCE THERE WERE NO CONFLICT SITUATIONS FROM ACFT ON THE TAXIWAY, AND SINCE MY DEP GATE WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY INTENDED GATE OF ARR I ELECTED TO CONTINUE. IT WAS NOT APPARENT TO ME THAT I DID NOT HAVE RADIO CONTACT WITH GND CTL UNTIL I WAS AT THE FINAL GATE. FACTORS THAT SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORE POSITIVE COM BTWN THE RADIO MAN AND MYSELF ABOUT WHO HE WAS RECEIVING CLRNC FROM.
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.