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Commuter light transport turned onto taxiway P as an air carrier medium large transport was turning onto taxiway P also from the opposite direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 189405 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199109 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : eyw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 189405 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 100 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After making a not very smooth landing on runway 30R at stl, I exited the runway and called ground. Ground says give way to air carrier on papa, turn right, hold short of 30L at bravo. What he meant, apparently, was give way to an air carrier crossing 30L at hotel intersection then he would turn right on papa and pass in front of us waiting at november. As the air carrier's nose crossed papa I turned right onto papa thinking he was continuing straight ahead. He was just making a wide right turn and we ended up head to head on papa taxiway. Ground called, saying 'I wanted you to wait for the air carrier, can you do a 180 and clear papa'? I did and the air carrier passed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMUTER LTT TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY P AS AN ACR MLG WAS TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY P ALSO FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Narrative: AFTER MAKING A NOT VERY SMOOTH LNDG ON RWY 30R AT STL, I EXITED THE RWY AND CALLED GND. GND SAYS GIVE WAY TO ACR ON PAPA, TURN R, HOLD SHORT OF 30L AT BRAVO. WHAT HE MEANT, APPARENTLY, WAS GIVE WAY TO AN ACR XING 30L AT HOTEL INTXN THEN HE WOULD TURN R ON PAPA AND PASS IN FRONT OF US WAITING AT NOVEMBER. AS THE ACR'S NOSE CROSSED PAPA I TURNED R ONTO PAPA THINKING HE WAS CONTINUING STRAIGHT AHEAD. HE WAS JUST MAKING A WIDE R TURN AND WE ENDED UP HEAD TO HEAD ON PAPA TAXIWAY. GND CALLED, SAYING 'I WANTED YOU TO WAIT FOR THE ACR, CAN YOU DO A 180 AND CLR PAPA'? I DID AND THE ACR PASSED UNEVENTFULLY.
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.