Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft taxied to parking without ground contr...

Attributes
ACN	266496
Time
Date	199403
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ric
State Reference	VA
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	266496
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After landing at ric, flight pulling off runway 2, first officer switched to ground but was unable to get a reply from ground to taxi in. Taxi was clear all the way to gate and first officer continued calling ground in blind but he wouldn't answer so I elected to taxi to get attention, looking for green light as first officer continued calling ground. Ground then came back, upset with us for continued taxi without clearance. Didn't even try to hear our reason. Very short with us, even with our apology. Didn't have enough time to call him by phone because of short turn around and when we taxied out it was a different controller. We tried to resolve it, but he wasn't in the mood for it!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG ACR ACFT TAXIED TO PARKING WITHOUT GND CTL CLRNC.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT RIC, FLT PULLING OFF RWY 2, FO SWITCHED TO GND BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET A REPLY FROM GND TO TAXI IN. TAXI WAS CLR ALL THE WAY TO GATE AND FO CONTINUED CALLING GND IN BLIND BUT HE WOULDN'T ANSWER SO I ELECTED TO TAXI TO GET ATTN, LOOKING FOR GREEN LIGHT AS FO CONTINUED CALLING GND. GND THEN CAME BACK, UPSET WITH US FOR CONTINUED TAXI WITHOUT CLRNC. DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO HEAR OUR REASON. VERY SHORT WITH US, EVEN WITH OUR APOLOGY. DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO CALL HIM BY PHONE BECAUSE OF SHORT TURN AROUND AND WHEN WE TAXIED OUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT CTLR. WE TRIED TO RESOLVE IT, BUT HE WASN'T IN THE MOOD FOR IT!

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.

Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft taxied to parking without ground control clearance.