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CE560 first officer reports difficulties and errors attempting to communicate with ATC late one night while during taxi and takeoff from ewr.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1090324 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201305 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | SID Newark 1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The PIC was the non-flying crew member on this leg. He had gotten the ATIS and clearance. He told me the routing and when we were ready to taxi we had to contact tower for taxi. After engine start he contacted tower for taxi; he gave us instructions then told us to contact ground for further instructions. A little confusing; but we had an uneventful taxi. As we approached runway 4L the ground controller instructed us to taxi into position; hold and contact tower. Very confusing again. So I taxied us into position. This is when my partner must have missed switching the frequency. We sat in position for less than a minute when the ground controller cleared us for takeoff; I assume because tower could not raise us. The controller never said to get on the right frequency; just the takeoff clearance. So after takeoff they handed us off to departure and my partner had the wrong frequency and this time someone from newark jumped all over him for missing numerous frequency changes. I continued to fly the airplane per the departure. I think I did correctly but who knows with the verbal chewing from ATC. My partner made a few mistakes but newark's non-standard frequency changes did not help.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CE560 First Officer reports difficulties and errors attempting to communicate with ATC late one night while during taxi and takeoff from EWR.
Narrative: The PIC was the non-flying crew member on this leg. He had gotten the ATIS and clearance. He told me the routing and when we were ready to taxi we had to contact Tower for taxi. After engine start he contacted Tower for taxi; he gave us instructions then told us to contact Ground for further instructions. A little confusing; but we had an uneventful taxi. As we approached Runway 4L the Ground Controller instructed us to taxi into position; hold and contact Tower. Very confusing again. So I taxied us into position. This is when my partner must have missed switching the frequency. We sat in position for less than a minute when the Ground Controller cleared us for takeoff; I assume because Tower could not raise us. The Controller never said to get on the right frequency; just the takeoff clearance. So after takeoff they handed us off to departure and my partner had the wrong frequency and this time someone from Newark jumped all over him for missing numerous frequency changes. I continued to fly the airplane per the departure. I think I did correctly but who knows with the verbal chewing from ATC. My partner made a few mistakes but Newark's non-standard frequency changes did not help.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.