A300 crew and B747-400 almost collided when the foreign air carrier captain taxied to the gate.

Attributes
ACN	540104
Time
Date	200203
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : phx.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	540104
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 4-5
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time none taken : unable
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Company Flight Crew Human Performance Airport ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : mia.tower
Airport	procedure or policy : mia.airport

Narrative:

Ground aircraft traffic. Pushed back from gate at mia. Towed to spot drop-off point between concourses. As tow crew was disconnecting tow bar and tug, a B747-400 taxied inbound to same spot. Aircraft taxied toward us to park at gate lead-in line near spot. Captain taxied and turned in to gate. Left vertical winglet passed within feet of our windscreen. Ground crew was giving stop signal. Our ground crew stood in amazement of his action and acted as wing walkers. If they had given a stop signal, it would have not been seen or not followed. ZMA ground control only clears incoming traffic to the gate. Airlines gate operations do not talk to other carriers on other concourses. This was a very uncomfortable situation to be in. Mia ground control was going to try to arrange a meeting with carriers on concourse.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 CREW AND B747-400 ALMOST COLLIDED WHEN THE FOREIGN ACR CAPT TAXIED TO THE GATE.

Narrative: GND ACFT TFC. PUSHED BACK FROM GATE AT MIA. TOWED TO SPOT DROP-OFF POINT BTWN CONCOURSES. AS TOW CREW WAS DISCONNECTING TOW BAR AND TUG, A B747-400 TAXIED INBOUND TO SAME SPOT. ACFT TAXIED TOWARD US TO PARK AT GATE LEAD-IN LINE NEAR SPOT. CAPT TAXIED AND TURNED IN TO GATE. L VERT WINGLET PASSED WITHIN FEET OF OUR WINDSCREEN. GND CREW WAS GIVING STOP SIGNAL. OUR GND CREW STOOD IN AMAZEMENT OF HIS ACTION AND ACTED AS WING WALKERS. IF THEY HAD GIVEN A STOP SIGNAL, IT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN OR NOT FOLLOWED. ZMA GND CTL ONLY CLRS INCOMING TFC TO THE GATE. AIRLINES GATE OPS DO NOT TALK TO OTHER CARRIERS ON OTHER CONCOURSES. THIS WAS A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SIT TO BE IN. MIA GND CTL WAS GOING TO TRY TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH CARRIERS ON CONCOURSE.

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.