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B757 captain reports a near collision with a B737 during taxi at the juncture of taxiway's P and north at mia.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 895655 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MIA.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 129 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
[We had a] near collision on taxiway. Ground issued us a sequence to follow an air carrier. We were on taxiway north taxing to runway 08R and to monitor the tower. Air carrier X was on taxiway P; behind the fire station. I had a visual on the air carrier and I did not see any other traffic behind him. I stopped short of taxiway P to allow the air carrier to pass ahead of us. He got a clearance to taxi into position and was cleared for take-off. I started to taxi to follow him. I cleared my left side and saw no traffic. Shortly after I started and well into my taxi; to position us #1 short of runway 8R; I heard the tower with a tone of urgency calling air carrier Y; with no response. I sensed that something was about to happen so I stopped. I believe by stopping we avoided a major ground collision. Air carrier Y was passing at my 8 to 9 o'clock position at high taxi speed; estimating it to be well above 20 to 30 KTS. I have no doubt that his wing would have impacted the cockpit if we had not stopped. I don't know how he missed our left wing; his right wing appeared less than 20 ft in front of us. I strongly believe that air carrier Y may not have seen us at all; and his taxi speed may have been excessive. Someone was looking out after us. We avoided a major accident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 Captain reports a near collision with a B737 during taxi at the juncture of Taxiway's P and N at MIA.
Narrative: [We had a] near collision on taxiway. Ground issued us a sequence to follow an Air Carrier. We were on Taxiway N taxing to Runway 08R and to monitor the Tower. Air Carrier X was on Taxiway P; behind the fire station. I had a visual on the Air Carrier and I did not see any other traffic behind him. I stopped short of Taxiway P to allow the Air Carrier to pass ahead of us. He got a clearance to taxi into position and was cleared for take-off. I started to taxi to follow him. I cleared my left side and saw no traffic. Shortly after I started and well into my taxi; to position us #1 short of Runway 8R; I heard the Tower with a tone of urgency calling Air Carrier Y; with no response. I sensed that something was about to happen so I stopped. I believe by stopping we avoided a major ground collision. Air Carrier Y was passing at my 8 to 9 o'clock position at high taxi speed; estimating it to be well above 20 to 30 KTS. I have no doubt that his wing would have impacted the cockpit if we had not stopped. I don't know how he missed our left wing; his right wing appeared less than 20 FT in front of us. I strongly believe that Air Carrier Y may not have seen us at all; and his taxi speed may have been excessive. Someone was looking out after us. We avoided a major accident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.