Pushback without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	343539
Time
Date	199608
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rno
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord
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
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	343539
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	343540
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer mistakenly called ground for pushback clearance on operations frequency. Agent, without identing herself, said cleared to push. After pushout completed when I moved my volume control on #1 up, rno ground was calling to establish contact. Our fault, but agents at rno should be trained to realize they are not ground and we do not call them for pushback.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PUSHBACK WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: FO MISTAKENLY CALLED GND FOR PUSHBACK CLRNC ON OPS FREQ. AGENT, WITHOUT IDENTING HERSELF, SAID CLRED TO PUSH. AFTER PUSHOUT COMPLETED WHEN I MOVED MY VOLUME CTL ON #1 UP, RNO GND WAS CALLING TO ESTABLISH CONTACT. OUR FAULT, BUT AGENTS AT RNO SHOULD BE TRAINED TO REALIZE THEY ARE NOT GND AND WE DO NOT CALL THEM FOR PUSHBACK.

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.