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First officer of an small transport air carrier questions the actual 'taxi in to the gate' clearance due to an intermittent cockpit interphone communication.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 306510 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 1750 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 306510 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During my IOE last week at dfw airport, we were taxiing in from a flight to our ramp. As we taxied in, the controller gave us clearance to taxi in to our ramp. The captain and I were having communication problems since our ILS system was intermittent. He started to taxi and asked me what the clearance was. He said 'we're cleared all the way in, right?' through an intermittent push-to-talk switch. I heard him though since there was not too much outside noise at this movement. He kept taxiing as he asked me this though. So by the time I had time to answer him, he was already through the intersection and on the ramp. Now it occurred to me that I was not sure what the ground controller had actually said. This is sad but there was so much going on that I couldn't recall whether he wanted me to hold short or taxi through. The area was clear and the ground controller did not say anything so I'm assuming everything was ok. I spoke with my captain afterwards and he said the area was clear and the controller would have said something if there was a problem. In retrospect, I think it would have been a good idea for me to have the captain stop the aircraft the moment I was not sure of the clearance. Factors that affected this situation were the communication problems and the relatively busy time of the day at dfw.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF AN SMT ACR QUESTIONS THE ACTUAL 'TAXI IN TO THE GATE' CLRNC DUE TO AN INTERMITTENT COCKPIT INTERPHONE COM.
Narrative: DURING MY IOE LAST WEEK AT DFW ARPT, WE WERE TAXIING IN FROM A FLT TO OUR RAMP. AS WE TAXIED IN, THE CTLR GAVE US CLRNC TO TAXI IN TO OUR RAMP. THE CAPT AND I WERE HAVING COM PROBS SINCE OUR ILS SYS WAS INTERMITTENT. HE STARTED TO TAXI AND ASKED ME WHAT THE CLRNC WAS. HE SAID 'WE'RE CLRED ALL THE WAY IN, RIGHT?' THROUGH AN INTERMITTENT PUSH-TO-TALK SWITCH. I HEARD HIM THOUGH SINCE THERE WAS NOT TOO MUCH OUTSIDE NOISE AT THIS MOVEMENT. HE KEPT TAXIING AS HE ASKED ME THIS THOUGH. SO BY THE TIME I HAD TIME TO ANSWER HIM, HE WAS ALREADY THROUGH THE INTXN AND ON THE RAMP. NOW IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I WAS NOT SURE WHAT THE GND CTLR HAD ACTUALLY SAID. THIS IS SAD BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT I COULDN'T RECALL WHETHER HE WANTED ME TO HOLD SHORT OR TAXI THROUGH. THE AREA WAS CLR AND THE GND CTLR DID NOT SAY ANYTHING SO I'M ASSUMING EVERYTHING WAS OK. I SPOKE WITH MY CAPT AFTERWARDS AND HE SAID THE AREA WAS CLR AND THE CTLR WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING IF THERE WAS A PROB. IN RETROSPECT, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA FOR ME TO HAVE THE CAPT STOP THE ACFT THE MOMENT I WAS NOT SURE OF THE CLRNC. FACTORS THAT AFFECTED THIS SIT WERE THE COM PROBS AND THE RELATIVELY BUSY TIME OF THE DAY AT DFW.
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.