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B737-300 crew almost collided with a king air as they were turning off the high speed onto taxiway south at phl. It was night and moderate to heavy rain was falling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 589774 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200309 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Rain |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : phl.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 HDC |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : holding |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 589774 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical ground encounters other inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action none taken : detected after the fact |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 10 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Moderate to heavy rain. First officer flying. Visibility poor and even worse through bad windshield, ineffective wipers, no rain repellant. On rollout and exit from runway, overheard tower advising king air to 'give way to air carrier X exiting runway.' with such poor visibility, I was totally focused ahead of aircraft and never noticed king air on parallel taxiway as we rolled out past him. As we began to turn onto high speed exit, captain shouted, 'whoa, watch out!' I still saw nothing dead ahead. Captain yelled 'stop!' and jumped on brakes. Only then did I observe king air passing us on the left, at a high speed, almost in the grass to get around us. Tower chewed him out. Aircraft were estimated by me to be 10-20 ft apart at closest point.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-300 CREW ALMOST COLLIDED WITH A KING AIR AS THEY WERE TURNING OFF THE HIGH SPD ONTO TXWY S AT PHL. IT WAS NIGHT AND MODERATE TO HVY RAIN WAS FALLING.
Narrative: MODERATE TO HVY RAIN. FO FLYING. VISIBILITY POOR AND EVEN WORSE THROUGH BAD WINDSHIELD, INEFFECTIVE WIPERS, NO RAIN REPELLANT. ON ROLLOUT AND EXIT FROM RWY, OVERHEARD TWR ADVISING KING AIR TO 'GIVE WAY TO ACR X EXITING RWY.' WITH SUCH POOR VISIBILITY, I WAS TOTALLY FOCUSED AHEAD OF ACFT AND NEVER NOTICED KING AIR ON PARALLEL TXWY AS WE ROLLED OUT PAST HIM. AS WE BEGAN TO TURN ONTO HIGH SPD EXIT, CAPT SHOUTED, 'WHOA, WATCH OUT!' I STILL SAW NOTHING DEAD AHEAD. CAPT YELLED 'STOP!' AND JUMPED ON BRAKES. ONLY THEN DID I OBSERVE KING AIR PASSING US ON THE L, AT A HIGH SPD, ALMOST IN THE GRASS TO GET AROUND US. TWR CHEWED HIM OUT. ACFT WERE ESTIMATED BY ME TO BE 10-20 FT APART AT CLOSEST POINT.
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.