Pilot of small aircraft private aircraft taxied after landing without clearance due to a wrong frequ...

Attributes
ACN	270047
Time
Date	199404
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hgr
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 500 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	270047
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 150 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon exiting runway onto taxiway, pilot rolled through taxiway intersection before establishing contact with ground controller. Pilot had been distracted by question from rear passenger and dialed in wrong frequency (121.8 instead of 121.9), thus delaying contact with controller until this error was corrected. Pilot noted other aircraft on the intersecting taxiway which was almost stopped and posed no conflict so he (reporter) coasted on through intersection, then stopped and established contact on correct frequency. (Of course, correct action would have been to stop at hold line before intersection to establish contact.) ground controller informed pilot that he had gone through intersection and had cut off other aircraft. However, performance consideration was that of allowing a distraction to affect performance. As noted above, pilot should have stopped immediately after leaving runway to sort out any distrs and establish contact before proceeding.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMA PVT ACFT TAXIED AFTER LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC DUE TO A WRONG FREQ SETTING.

Narrative: UPON EXITING RWY ONTO TXWY, PLT ROLLED THROUGH TXWY INTXN BEFORE ESTABLISHING CONTACT WITH GND CTLR. PLT HAD BEEN DISTRACTED BY QUESTION FROM REAR PAX AND DIALED IN WRONG FREQ (121.8 INSTEAD OF 121.9), THUS DELAYING CONTACT WITH CTLR UNTIL THIS ERROR WAS CORRECTED. PLT NOTED OTHER ACFT ON THE INTERSECTING TXWY WHICH WAS ALMOST STOPPED AND POSED NO CONFLICT SO HE (RPTR) COASTED ON THROUGH INTXN, THEN STOPPED AND ESTABLISHED CONTACT ON CORRECT FREQ. (OF COURSE, CORRECT ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN TO STOP AT HOLD LINE BEFORE INTXN TO ESTABLISH CONTACT.) GND CTLR INFORMED PLT THAT HE HAD GONE THROUGH INTXN AND HAD CUT OFF OTHER ACFT. HOWEVER, PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATION WAS THAT OF ALLOWING A DISTR TO AFFECT PERFORMANCE. AS NOTED ABOVE, PLT SHOULD HAVE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING RWY TO SORT OUT ANY DISTRS AND ESTABLISH CONTACT BEFORE PROCEEDING.

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.

Pilot of small aircraft private aircraft taxied after landing without clearance due to a wrong frequency setting.