Narrative:

Aircraft had blown a tire and returned to land at ord. We needed to taxi to the gate slowly and by the most direct route. Ground controller was not responsive to our needs so I moved the aircraft towards the gate without clearance from ground control. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter captain had been advised by another aircraft that during reporter's takeoff, they observed rubber flying from one of the tires. Reporter returned aircraft and landed overweight. When taxiing to the gate, the ground controller told him to hold short of a taxiway, which he says he did for a short while. But, reporter felt an urgency to get to the gate because of overweight landing and a blown tire, so continued taxiing straight in to the gate without ground control approval. Ground controller was not happy with that.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. BLOWN TIRE. GND CTL -- PLT FRICTION.

Narrative: ACFT HAD BLOWN A TIRE AND RETURNED TO LAND AT ORD. WE NEEDED TO TAXI TO THE GATE SLOWLY AND BY THE MOST DIRECT RTE. GND CTLR WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS SO I MOVED THE ACFT TOWARDS THE GATE WITHOUT CLRNC FROM GND CTL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR CAPT HAD BEEN ADVISED BY ANOTHER ACFT THAT DURING RPTR'S TKOF, THEY OBSERVED RUBBER FLYING FROM ONE OF THE TIRES. RPTR RETURNED ACFT AND LANDED OVERWT. WHEN TAXIING TO THE GATE, THE GND CTLR TOLD HIM TO HOLD SHORT OF A TXWY, WHICH HE SAYS HE DID FOR A SHORT WHILE. BUT, RPTR FELT AN URGENCY TO GET TO THE GATE BECAUSE OF OVERWT LNDG AND A BLOWN TIRE, SO CONTINUED TAXIING STRAIGHT IN TO THE GATE WITHOUT GND CTL APPROVAL. GND CTLR WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.

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.