Narrative:

Secret ramp control: after pushback on what I thought was an uncontrolled ramp, I was advised to contact ramp control on 122.95 and thereupon advised that the ramp was controled for night operations. After rechking my commercial ord airport chart (current) and the airport NOTAMS, I could find no reference to this facility. I understand that at some time in the recent past there was an accident or incident involving aircraft pushing back on this ramp. It, therefore, seems to me that if this ramp control is to be effective, its existence needs to be published on the appropriate charts.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC8-63 CARGO ACFT PUSHED BACK WITHOUT CONTACTING RAMP CTL. RPTR CAPT ADVISES NO INFO IS PUBLISHED REGARDING THE RAMP BEING CTLED OR ANY FREQ LISTED IN ARPT PAGE OF CHARTS.

Narrative: SECRET RAMP CTL: AFTER PUSHBACK ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS AN UNCTLED RAMP, I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT RAMP CTL ON 122.95 AND THEREUPON ADVISED THAT THE RAMP WAS CTLED FOR NIGHT OPS. AFTER RECHKING MY COMMERCIAL ORD ARPT CHART (CURRENT) AND THE ARPT NOTAMS, I COULD FIND NO REF TO THIS FACILITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT AT SOME TIME IN THE RECENT PAST THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT INVOLVING ACFT PUSHING BACK ON THIS RAMP. IT, THEREFORE, SEEMS TO ME THAT IF THIS RAMP CTL IS TO BE EFFECTIVE, ITS EXISTENCE NEEDS TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE APPROPRIATE CHARTS.

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.