A pilot taxiing to the gate reported lga ground taxi clearance included giving way to a md-88 at 'no...

Attributes
ACN	1251339
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	MD-88
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

When being cleared to taxi to our gate; the ground controller said 'right on zulu right on alpha taxi into gate at november; give way to the 88.' we interpreted this to mean give way at november. The controller meant give way at zulu. The controller said; 'I said give way to the 88'. I answered giving way. The pilot of the 88 then said; let them go ahead. The controller agreed and we continued to our gate.the clearance did not seem confusing but unfortunately we misunderstood the instructions. The controller was not clear about where we were to give way. There were several 88s within sight. I will ask the controller where to give way when they give ambiguous instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot taxiing to the gate reported LGA Ground taxi clearance included giving way to a MD-88 at 'N' which he thought happened but the controller meant a different MD-88 at Taxiway 'Z.'

Narrative: When being cleared to taxi to our gate; the ground controller said 'right on Zulu right on alpha taxi into gate at November; give way to the 88.' We interpreted this to mean give way at November. The controller meant give way at Zulu. The controller said; 'I said give way to the 88'. I answered giving way. The pilot of the 88 then said; let them go ahead. The controller agreed and we continued to our gate.The clearance did not seem confusing but unfortunately we misunderstood the instructions. The controller was not clear about where we were to give way. There were several 88s within sight. I will ask the controller where to give way when they give ambiguous instructions.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

A pilot taxiing to the gate reported lga ground taxi clearance included giving way to a md-88 at 'north' which he thought happened but the controller meant a different md-88 at taxiway 'Z.'