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Air carrier captain reported that a pickup truck refused to yield to the aircraft on the ramp; resulting in a ground conflict.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1712436 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DEN.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 129 Flight Crew Type 679 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Pushed back [in] den. Single engine taxi turn to east. Night time taxi with SOP taxi lighting utilized; and two pilots clearing area before taxi. Subsequently; a pickup truck continued to approach and refused to yield to aircraft movement underway. I quickly stopped aircraft; so as to ensure no potential for loss of separation between aircraft and vehicle. While preparing to recover taxi operations and to taxi again; second vehicle; this time a catering truck; proceeded to pass closely in front of aircraft. This was after additional aircraft lights were selected for increased aircraft visibility and obvious taxi intention at night. Reported two vehicle issues with ramp tower; including second catering truck number. Ramp tower advised this sort of event had happened multiple times that evening on the ramp. This event caused distraction during an otherwise busy departure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported that a pickup truck refused to yield to the aircraft on the ramp; resulting in a ground conflict.
Narrative: Pushed back [in] DEN. Single engine taxi turn to east. Night time taxi with SOP taxi lighting utilized; and two pilots clearing area before taxi. Subsequently; a pickup truck continued to approach and refused to yield to aircraft movement underway. I quickly stopped aircraft; so as to ensure no potential for loss of separation between aircraft and vehicle. While preparing to recover taxi operations and to taxi again; second vehicle; this time a catering truck; proceeded to pass closely in front of aircraft. This was after additional aircraft lights were selected for increased aircraft visibility and obvious taxi intention at night. Reported two vehicle issues with Ramp Tower; including second catering truck number. Ramp Tower advised this sort of event had happened multiple times that evening on the ramp. This event caused distraction during an otherwise busy departure.
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.