Aircraft equipment problem. Blown tire. Ground control -- pilot friction.

Attributes
ACN	317255
Time
Date	199509
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
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
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 : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	317255
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Aircraft had blown a tire and returned to land at ord. We needed to taxi to the gate slowly and by the most direct route. Ground controller was not responsive to our needs so I moved the aircraft towards the gate without clearance from ground control. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter captain had been advised by another aircraft that during reporter's takeoff, they observed rubber flying from one of the tires. Reporter returned aircraft and landed overweight. When taxiing to the gate, the ground controller told him to hold short of a taxiway, which he says he did for a short while. But, reporter felt an urgency to get to the gate because of overweight landing and a blown tire, so continued taxiing straight in to the gate without ground control approval. Ground controller was not happy with that.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. BLOWN TIRE. GND CTL -- PLT FRICTION.

Narrative: ACFT HAD BLOWN A TIRE AND RETURNED TO LAND AT ORD. WE NEEDED TO TAXI TO THE GATE SLOWLY AND BY THE MOST DIRECT RTE. GND CTLR WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS SO I MOVED THE ACFT TOWARDS THE GATE WITHOUT CLRNC FROM GND CTL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR CAPT HAD BEEN ADVISED BY ANOTHER ACFT THAT DURING RPTR'S TKOF, THEY OBSERVED RUBBER FLYING FROM ONE OF THE TIRES. RPTR RETURNED ACFT AND LANDED OVERWT. WHEN TAXIING TO THE GATE, THE GND CTLR TOLD HIM TO HOLD SHORT OF A TXWY, WHICH HE SAYS HE DID FOR A SHORT WHILE. BUT, RPTR FELT AN URGENCY TO GET TO THE GATE BECAUSE OF OVERWT LNDG AND A BLOWN TIRE, SO CONTINUED TAXIING STRAIGHT IN TO THE GATE WITHOUT GND CTL APPROVAL. GND CTLR WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.

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.