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A CL65 first officer reported being distraction during taxi and allowing his captain to depart the taxiway and join a roadway at iad.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 570839 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200301 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Ice Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1250 flight time type : 650 |
| ASRS Report | 570830 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : taxiway ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were talking to the ramp controller. He cleared us to taxi west on taxiway a, with our discretion, to cut over to taxiway B on taxiway A4 or taxiway A3 because of snow and slush on txwys. I was busy with checklists and was heads down. I looked up and said 'we're coming up on taxiway A4.' the captain said, 'it looks good. Let's take it,' and he turned us onto it. We taxied about 20 ft when the ramp controller advised us to stop, that we were on a vehicle road. At the time of the turn, there was no traffic on the road. When we realized where we were, a big bus started towards us, then stopped. The controller had the bus back up and he cleared us over to taxiway B and we were on our way. I apologized and he said 'no problem.' the vehicle road was in better shape than the txwys. We mistook it for a cleared taxiway because we wanted to avoid snow/slush. We just flat out screwed up.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CL65 FO RPTED BEING DISTR DURING TAXI AND ALLOWING HIS CAPT TO DEPART THE TXWY AND JOIN A ROADWAY AT IAD.
Narrative: WE WERE TALKING TO THE RAMP CTLR. HE CLRED US TO TAXI W ON TXWY A, WITH OUR DISCRETION, TO CUT OVER TO TXWY B ON TXWY A4 OR TXWY A3 BECAUSE OF SNOW AND SLUSH ON TXWYS. I WAS BUSY WITH CHKLISTS AND WAS HEADS DOWN. I LOOKED UP AND SAID 'WE'RE COMING UP ON TXWY A4.' THE CAPT SAID, 'IT LOOKS GOOD. LET'S TAKE IT,' AND HE TURNED US ONTO IT. WE TAXIED ABOUT 20 FT WHEN THE RAMP CTLR ADVISED US TO STOP, THAT WE WERE ON A VEHICLE ROAD. AT THE TIME OF THE TURN, THERE WAS NO TFC ON THE ROAD. WHEN WE REALIZED WHERE WE WERE, A BIG BUS STARTED TOWARDS US, THEN STOPPED. THE CTLR HAD THE BUS BACK UP AND HE CLRED US OVER TO TXWY B AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY. I APOLOGIZED AND HE SAID 'NO PROB.' THE VEHICLE ROAD WAS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THE TXWYS. WE MISTOOK IT FOR A CLRED TXWY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO AVOID SNOW/SLUSH. WE JUST FLAT OUT SCREWED UP.
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.