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Captain of an air taxi light transport jet taxied on ramp to reduce engine noise at FBO until obtaining IFR clearance. Tower controller believed that they were taxiing prior to taxi clearance and did not have previously filed flight plan for clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 438958 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199905 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : aus.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : aus.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 438958 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | staffing : aus.tower |
Narrative:
We contacted clearance and there seemed to be no flight plan on file. The engines were running and consuming about 1000 pounds per hour of fuel. The ramp personnel wanted the aircraft to be repositioned for noise. We tried flight service at first (inside the airplane) but to no avail. Once the airplane was repositioned, we began filing the flight plan. At this point the ground controller became angry that we began taxiing. We advised that we were on the non movement area. We had also previously asked clearance if they could put in a flight plan for us, to which the controller replied 'I'm not your IFR flight planning service.' we finally got our clearance and departed. This could have been greatly simplified had ATC been more cooperative. We had done all our planning, including filing a flight plan, in the morning to get things going.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN AIR TAXI LTT JET TAXIED ON RAMP TO REDUCE ENG NOISE AT FBO UNTIL OBTAINING IFR CLRNC. TWR CTLR BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE TAXIING PRIOR TO TAXI CLRNC AND DID NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED FLT PLAN FOR CLRNC.
Narrative: WE CONTACTED CLRNC AND THERE SEEMED TO BE NO FLT PLAN ON FILE. THE ENGS WERE RUNNING AND CONSUMING ABOUT 1000 LBS PER HR OF FUEL. THE RAMP PERSONNEL WANTED THE ACFT TO BE REPOSITIONED FOR NOISE. WE TRIED FLT SVC AT FIRST (INSIDE THE AIRPLANE) BUT TO NO AVAIL. ONCE THE AIRPLANE WAS REPOSITIONED, WE BEGAN FILING THE FLT PLAN. AT THIS POINT THE GND CTLR BECAME ANGRY THAT WE BEGAN TAXIING. WE ADVISED THAT WE WERE ON THE NON MOVEMENT AREA. WE HAD ALSO PREVIOUSLY ASKED CLRNC IF THEY COULD PUT IN A FLT PLAN FOR US, TO WHICH THE CTLR REPLIED 'I'M NOT YOUR IFR FLT PLANNING SVC.' WE FINALLY GOT OUR CLRNC AND DEPARTED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN GREATLY SIMPLIFIED HAD ATC BEEN MORE COOPERATIVE. WE HAD DONE ALL OUR PLANNING, INCLUDING FILING A FLT PLAN, IN THE MORNING TO GET THINGS GOING.
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.