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Flight crew parked at wrong gate. Distraction from troubleshooting electronics problem contributed as well as a guide man at the gate where they parked. No conflicts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 344800 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | F28 Mk 1000 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 344800 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | 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:
While taxiing on the company coordinated ramp area, the other pilot and I were distracted by multiple faults which appeared at landing. These were of an electronic nature and we were trying to sort them out, before shutdown, in order to report them to maintenance. We came to an empty gate with a ground guide standing ready and we pulled in and parked the aircraft. There were never any other aircraft or vehicles moving in our vicinity and all parking procedures were correct. The only problem was that we had pulled into the wrong gate. At no time did we feel unsafe, but this is another textbook example of allowing the problem at hand to distract your attention. What is interesting is that I emphasize, in my crew briefing, that only one of us will troubleshoot a problem, while the other flies. I just need to remind myself that taxiing needs some of the same emphasis.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC PARKED AT WRONG GATE. DISTR FROM TROUBLESHOOTING ELECTRONICS PROB CONTRIBUTED AS WELL AS A GUIDE MAN AT THE GATE WHERE THEY PARKED. NO CONFLICTS.
Narrative: WHILE TAXIING ON THE COMPANY COORDINATED RAMP AREA, THE OTHER PLT AND I WERE DISTRACTED BY MULTIPLE FAULTS WHICH APPEARED AT LNDG. THESE WERE OF AN ELECTRONIC NATURE AND WE WERE TRYING TO SORT THEM OUT, BEFORE SHUTDOWN, IN ORDER TO RPT THEM TO MAINT. WE CAME TO AN EMPTY GATE WITH A GND GUIDE STANDING READY AND WE PULLED IN AND PARKED THE ACFT. THERE WERE NEVER ANY OTHER ACFT OR VEHICLES MOVING IN OUR VICINITY AND ALL PARKING PROCS WERE CORRECT. THE ONLY PROB WAS THAT WE HAD PULLED INTO THE WRONG GATE. AT NO TIME DID WE FEEL UNSAFE, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF ALLOWING THE PROB AT HAND TO DISTRACT YOUR ATTN. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT I EMPHASIZE, IN MY CREW BRIEFING, THAT ONLY ONE OF US WILL TROUBLESHOOT A PROB, WHILE THE OTHER FLIES. I JUST NEED TO REMIND MYSELF THAT TAXIING NEEDS SOME OF THE SAME EMPHASIS.
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.