An air carrier taxies to the gate without contacting the ramp controller.

Attributes
ACN	508260
Time
Date	200104
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	508260
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Taxiing into atl and approaching spot X, the flight engineer said he had ramp control. An air carrier Y plane was coming out and was told to hold for us and that we were going to T9. This was on ground control. At the time, I thought it was on ramp control. Ramp then asked us, as we were taxiing to the gate, where we were going and the flight engineer replied 'gate X.' the ramp controller then told us to continue to the gate. The problem is that we did not call ramp for clearance to the gate, although I thought the flight engineer had called and received clearance. I feel that this was my fault as I assumed when I should have not. The ground call to air carrier Y made things worse. Next time, there will be no assuming.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR TAXIES TO THE GATE WITHOUT CONTACTING THE RAMP CTLR.

Narrative: TAXIING INTO ATL AND APCHING SPOT X, THE FE SAID HE HAD RAMP CTL. AN ACR Y PLANE WAS COMING OUT AND WAS TOLD TO HOLD FOR US AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO T9. THIS WAS ON GND CTL. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS ON RAMP CTL. RAMP THEN ASKED US, AS WE WERE TAXIING TO THE GATE, WHERE WE WERE GOING AND THE FE REPLIED 'GATE X.' THE RAMP CTLR THEN TOLD US TO CONTINUE TO THE GATE. THE PROB IS THAT WE DID NOT CALL RAMP FOR CLRNC TO THE GATE, ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT THE FE HAD CALLED AND RECEIVED CLRNC. I FEEL THAT THIS WAS MY FAULT AS I ASSUMED WHEN I SHOULD HAVE NOT. THE GND CALL TO ACR Y MADE THINGS WORSE. NEXT TIME, THERE WILL BE NO ASSUMING.

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.