Air carrier large transport unauthorized taxi at alb.

Attributes
ACN	146678
Time
Date	199005
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : alb
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160
ASRS Report	146678
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Missed ATC taxi instructions due to differences in merged fleet aircraft. This aircraft 'new' to me allows radio receiver to be turned off even with transmitter selected. Believed I was cleared to taxi when in fact I was not.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT UNAUTH TAXI AT ALB.

Narrative: MISSED ATC TAXI INSTRUCTIONS DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN MERGED FLEET ACFT. THIS ACFT 'NEW' TO ME ALLOWS RADIO RECEIVER TO BE TURNED OFF EVEN WITH XMITTER SELECTED. BELIEVED I WAS CLRED TO TAXI WHEN IN FACT I WAS NOT.

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.