Captain of an light transport twin turboprop was accused by tower of doing a 180 degree turn on the taxiway in order to make another taxiway causing a misunderstanding between the flight crew and ATC.

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Attributes
ACN	378300
Time
Date	199708
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : elp
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	other other : other pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 3400 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	378300
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Exited runway 28R at intersection B5 called ramp for taxiway 'Y' north and made a 100-110 degree turn to make taxiway 'Y' north. Later ground controller said I made a 180 degree turn to make taxiway 'Y' north which first officer and I agreed that turn to taxiway 'Y' north was 100-110 degree turn. No aircraft or ground equipment was anywhere close by. Told ATC supervisor that I didn't see it from the ground controller's point of view, but said I was sorry just the same. ATC supervisor said basically no big deal that was the end of the conversation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN LTT TWIN TURBOPROP WAS ACCUSED BY TWR OF DOING A 180 DEG TURN ON THE TXWY IN ORDER TO MAKE ANOTHER TXWY CAUSING A MISUNDERSTANDING BTWN THE FLC AND ATC.

Narrative: EXITED RWY 28R AT INTXN B5 CALLED RAMP FOR TXWY 'Y' N AND MADE A 100-110 DEG TURN TO MAKE TXWY 'Y' N. LATER GND CTLR SAID I MADE A 180 DEG TURN TO MAKE TXWY 'Y' N WHICH FO AND I AGREED THAT TURN TO TXWY 'Y' N WAS 100-110 DEG TURN. NO ACFT OR GND EQUIP WAS ANYWHERE CLOSE BY. TOLD ATC SUPVR THAT I DIDN'T SEE IT FROM THE GND CTLR'S POINT OF VIEW, BUT SAID I WAS SORRY JUST THE SAME. ATC SUPVR SAID BASICALLY NO BIG DEAL THAT WAS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.

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.