<< >> NASA ASRS Report 519290, July 2001

S76. ATCT ground controller did not tell the ATCT local controller what he cleared the helicopter to do.

Attributes
ACN	519290
Time
Date	200107
Day	Sun
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pdk.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	S-76/S-76 Mark II
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 9900 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	519290
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure other

Narrative:

I contacted ground control and requested taxi clearance to the north end of runways 16/32 for hover work and some operational checks. I was given clearance to the numbers at the approach end of runway 16 for my work. Active runways were runways 20L and 20R. As I taxied onto runway 16 from taxiway H, ground control, somewhat excitedly told me to change to tower. Tower then queried me on my intentions. It appeared that ground control had not coordinated my use of the non-active runway with tower. After I explained my intentions to tower, he told me to stay north of taxiway H. Nothing further was said about my operation until I requested a VFR departure to the north.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S76. ATCT GND CTLR DID NOT TELL THE ATCT LCL CTLR WHAT HE CLRED THE HELI TO DO.

Narrative: I CONTACTED GND CTL AND REQUESTED TAXI CLRNC TO THE N END OF RWYS 16/32 FOR HOVER WORK AND SOME OPERATIONAL CHKS. I WAS GIVEN CLRNC TO THE NUMBERS AT THE APCH END OF RWY 16 FOR MY WORK. ACTIVE RWYS WERE RWYS 20L AND 20R. AS I TAXIED ONTO RWY 16 FROM TXWY H, GND CTL, SOMEWHAT EXCITEDLY TOLD ME TO CHANGE TO TWR. TWR THEN QUERIED ME ON MY INTENTIONS. IT APPEARED THAT GND CTL HAD NOT COORDINATED MY USE OF THE NON-ACTIVE RWY WITH TWR. AFTER I EXPLAINED MY INTENTIONS TO TWR, HE TOLD ME TO STAY N OF TXWY H. NOTHING FURTHER WAS SAID ABOUT MY OP UNTIL I REQUESTED A VFR DEP TO THE N.

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.