Two air carrier aircraft came in conflict while taxiing on mia's taxiway north. Both aircraft were a...

Narrative:

Landed on runway 30 and turned off at Q2. Needed to go to a concourse delta gate. Ground cleared us on 'north' hold short of 'west' due to opposite direction airplane being towed. As we approached 'west'; we were cleared to join 'M' and taxi unrestricted to spot 5 for our gate. I turned right on N7 to cross 'north' and in to the ramp. Once we started the turn; we were able to see a 757 taxiing on 'north'. I abruptly applied brakes and stopped before entering 'north' and the 757 stopped short of N7. Ground finally noticed and had us hold while the 757 continued on 'north' to its gate. We were then cleared to continue to spot 5. I believe the 757 was in the holding pad on 'Y' when we passed him and must have been cleared on 'north' after the aircraft in tow cleared. Both aircraft stopped in time; but was a potential disaster.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two air carrier aircraft came in conflict while taxiing on MIA's Taxiway N. Both aircraft were able to stop and after ATC recognized the situation; recleared the aircraft to resolve the conflict.

Narrative: Landed on Runway 30 and turned off at Q2. Needed to go to a concourse Delta gate. Ground cleared us on 'N' hold short of 'W' due to opposite direction airplane being towed. As we approached 'W'; we were cleared to join 'M' and taxi unrestricted to Spot 5 for our Gate. I turned right on N7 to cross 'N' and in to the ramp. Once we started the turn; we were able to see a 757 taxiing on 'N'. I abruptly applied brakes and stopped before entering 'N' and the 757 stopped short of N7. Ground finally noticed and had us hold while the 757 continued on 'N' to its gate. We were then cleared to continue to Spot 5. I believe the 757 was in the holding pad on 'Y' when we passed him and must have been cleared on 'N' after the aircraft in tow cleared. Both aircraft stopped in time; but was a potential disaster.

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.

Attributes
ACN	904893
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Two air carrier aircraft came in conflict while taxiing on mia's taxiway north. Both aircraft were able to stop and after ATC recognized the situation; recleared the aircraft to resolve the conflict.