Flight crew of DC10 on pushback has ground crew not follow company procedures and enters taxiway a. Flight crew immediately contacts ground but a B737 taxiing complains that they did not get clearance onto taxiway.

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Attributes
ACN	397170
Time
Date	199803
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
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	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
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 : 120 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 4200
ASRS Report	397170
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were pushing back from our cargo ramp. Our company issued parking diagram showed that we would push back on our ramp with no need to call ground control. I was monitoring the engine starts as we pushed back. During the push, I looked up and noticed that the tail of the airplane was entering taxiway a at mco. I immediately notified ground control that we were pushing onto the taxiway and apologized for not calling sooner. He said no problem and gave us clearance to continue onto the taxiway. An air carrier cargo airplane behind us later complained to our chief pilot that we did not get clearance onto the taxiway and slowed his taxi progress. This problem was caused by the fact that the tug crew pushing our aircraft was not doing what was shown on my parking diagram. He did not inform me of the non standard pushback. By the time I realized we were going to enter the taxiway it was too late. With the proper information and better communication, I could have avoided this problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF DC10 ON PUSHBACK HAS GND CREW NOT FOLLOW COMPANY PROCS AND ENTERS TXWY A. FLC IMMEDIATELY CONTACTS GND BUT A B737 TAXIING COMPLAINS THAT THEY DID NOT GET CLRNC ONTO TXWY.

Narrative: WE WERE PUSHING BACK FROM OUR CARGO RAMP. OUR COMPANY ISSUED PARKING DIAGRAM SHOWED THAT WE WOULD PUSH BACK ON OUR RAMP WITH NO NEED TO CALL GND CTL. I WAS MONITORING THE ENG STARTS AS WE PUSHED BACK. DURING THE PUSH, I LOOKED UP AND NOTICED THAT THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS ENTERING TXWY A AT MCO. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED GND CTL THAT WE WERE PUSHING ONTO THE TXWY AND APOLOGIZED FOR NOT CALLING SOONER. HE SAID NO PROB AND GAVE US CLRNC TO CONTINUE ONTO THE TXWY. AN ACR CARGO AIRPLANE BEHIND US LATER COMPLAINED TO OUR CHIEF PLT THAT WE DID NOT GET CLRNC ONTO THE TXWY AND SLOWED HIS TAXI PROGRESS. THIS PROB WAS CAUSED BY THE FACT THAT THE TUG CREW PUSHING OUR ACFT WAS NOT DOING WHAT WAS SHOWN ON MY PARKING DIAGRAM. HE DID NOT INFORM ME OF THE NON STANDARD PUSHBACK. BY THE TIME I REALIZED WE WERE GOING TO ENTER THE TXWY IT WAS TOO LATE. WITH THE PROPER INFO AND BETTER COM, I COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS PROB.

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.