Narrative:

On nov/tue/93, after landing in visual meteorological conditions at ont at approximately XA45 in the dark, we had rolled out to a slow ground speed on runway 26L and wanted to go to the aircraft manufacturer dealer. The captain said where is it. I said it's right there while pointing at the aircraft manufacturer sign. He wanted to know where the taxiway was and thought I was pointing at a taxiway. After contacting tower on final, I put ground control in the standby position in the #1 VHF communication radio. When I pointed to the left, he turned to the left, only to discover there was no taxiway there, so he jammed on the brakes at this point, near the white runway edge marker and flipped the transfer switch on the #1 VHF communication radio. Then, I think he said it, one of us said something to the effect 'where is the taxiway.' whereupon the ground controller said you shouldn't be on ground control while you are still on the runway. We switched to tower and they instructed us to taxi on west to the next taxiway/exit. When we were on the ramp, ground control requested that we give him a call on the phone. The captain gave him a call and blamed me for the event. To correct this problem in the future, I will be sure to talk loudly enough so there can be no misunderstanding about what I said and guard the transfer switch more closely.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN SMT CPR ACFT INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED TO GND CTL FREQ WHILE STILL ON THE RWY.

Narrative: ON NOV/TUE/93, AFTER LNDG IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT ONT AT APPROX XA45 IN THE DARK, WE HAD ROLLED OUT TO A SLOW GND SPD ON RWY 26L AND WANTED TO GO TO THE ACFT MANUFACTURER DEALER. THE CAPT SAID WHERE IS IT. I SAID IT'S RIGHT THERE WHILE POINTING AT THE ACFT MANUFACTURER SIGN. HE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE TXWY WAS AND THOUGHT I WAS POINTING AT A TXWY. AFTER CONTACTING TWR ON FINAL, I PUT GND CTL IN THE STANDBY POS IN THE #1 VHF COM RADIO. WHEN I POINTED TO THE L, HE TURNED TO THE L, ONLY TO DISCOVER THERE WAS NO TXWY THERE, SO HE JAMMED ON THE BRAKES AT THIS POINT, NEAR THE WHITE RWY EDGE MARKER AND FLIPPED THE TRANSFER SWITCH ON THE #1 VHF COM RADIO. THEN, I THINK HE SAID IT, ONE OF US SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT 'WHERE IS THE TXWY.' WHEREUPON THE GND CTLR SAID YOU SHOULDN'T BE ON GND CTL WHILE YOU ARE STILL ON THE RWY. WE SWITCHED TO TWR AND THEY INSTRUCTED US TO TAXI ON W TO THE NEXT TXWY/EXIT. WHEN WE WERE ON THE RAMP, GND CTL REQUESTED THAT WE GIVE HIM A CALL ON THE PHONE. THE CAPT GAVE HIM A CALL AND BLAMED ME FOR THE EVENT. TO CORRECT THIS PROB IN THE FUTURE, I WILL BE SURE TO TALK LOUDLY ENOUGH SO THERE CAN BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT I SAID AND GUARD THE TRANSFER SWITCH MORE CLOSELY.

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.