Air carrier changed to ground frequency after landing without ATC authorization.

Attributes
ACN	141916
Time
Date	199004
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 3 controller non radar : 4 controller radar : 3
ASRS Report	141916
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On the date and time shown above, the pilot of the large transport air carrier a failed to comply with instructions given to taxi away from the arrival runway. Although the succeeding arriving aircraft was not forced to execute a missed approach, the situation became closer than was necessary. According to the jfk operations, the local controller is required to give initial taxi instructions to aircraft exiting the arrival runway. The situation such as described above occurs almost daily, often times with the result being the succeeding arrival executing a missed approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CHANGED TO GND FREQ AFTER LNDG WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION.

Narrative: ON THE DATE AND TIME SHOWN ABOVE, THE PLT OF THE LGT ACR A FAILED TO COMPLY WITH INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO TAXI AWAY FROM THE ARR RWY. ALTHOUGH THE SUCCEEDING ARRIVING ACFT WAS NOT FORCED TO EXECUTE A MISSED APCH, THE SITUATION BECAME CLOSER THAN WAS NECESSARY. ACCORDING TO THE JFK OPS, THE LCL CTLR IS REQUIRED TO GIVE INITIAL TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO ACFT EXITING THE ARR RWY. THE SITUATION SUCH AS DESCRIBED ABOVE OCCURS ALMOST DAILY, OFTEN TIMES WITH THE RESULT BEING THE SUCCEEDING ARR EXECUTING A MISSED APCH.

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.