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Unauthorized taxi after part 121 freighter is unable to contact ground controller account frequency congestion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 328287 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199510 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 328287 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After landing and clearing runway 25L to taxiway F, ground control was saturated. After holding on taxiway F for many mins trying to get clearance to continue down taxiway F (a clear taxiway), I decided the safer course of action was to proceed very slowly and carefully along, while we continued to attempt to obtain ground control clearance. The taxi took 19 mins to taxi about 8000 ft! I called the tower chief to report the ground control problem and he indicated he had no problem with what we did.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UNAUTH TAXI AFTER PART 121 FREIGHTER IS UNABLE TO CONTACT GND CTLR ACCOUNT FREQ CONGESTION.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG AND CLRING RWY 25L TO TXWY F, GND CTL WAS SATURATED. AFTER HOLDING ON TXWY F FOR MANY MINS TRYING TO GET CLRNC TO CONTINUE DOWN TXWY F (A CLR TXWY), I DECIDED THE SAFER COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO PROCEED VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY ALONG, WHILE WE CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN GND CTL CLRNC. THE TAXI TOOK 19 MINS TO TAXI ABOUT 8000 FT! I CALLED THE TWR CHIEF TO RPT THE GND CTL PROB AND HE INDICATED HE HAD NO PROB WITH WHAT WE DID.
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.