Pilot taxies without clearance and ends up nose to nose with another aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	293242
Time
Date	199501
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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 : 75 flight time total : 8700 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	293242
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

The reporter is unfamiliar with the new terminal location. The frequency is congested and not hearing what the taxi instructions are relies on the copilot who felt he was familiar with the new location and knew what the controller intended. It was night, the frequency was congested and the ramps and txwys and charts are confusing. The end result was the reporter taxied without clearance to a point where he was nose to nose with 1 of his company aircraft and had to be towed out of the predicament.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT TAXIES WITHOUT CLRNC AND ENDS UP NOSE TO NOSE WITH ANOTHER ACFT.

Narrative: THE RPTR IS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE NEW TERMINAL LOCATION. THE FREQUENCY IS CONGESTED AND NOT HEARING WHAT THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS ARE RELIES ON THE COPLT WHO FELT HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW LOCATION AND KNEW WHAT THE CTLR INTENDED. IT WAS NIGHT, THE FREQ WAS CONGESTED AND THE RAMPS AND TXWYS AND CHARTS ARE CONFUSING. THE END RESULT WAS THE RPTR TAXIED WITHOUT CLRNC TO A POINT WHERE HE WAS NOSE TO NOSE WITH 1 OF HIS COMPANY ACFT AND HAD TO BE TOWED OUT OF THE PREDICAMENT.

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.