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Captain of a B737-300 misunderstood taxi instructions and followed another aircraft instead of crossing behind the other aircraft and following the intended taxiway. ATC intervened and provided a transition route to bring reporter's aircraft back to the intended route.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 355150 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| 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 | L-1011 Tri-Star All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5375 flight time type : 1850 |
| ASRS Report | 355150 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On taxi out for departure from atl's ramp X, spot yy, we were given the following clearance: taxi behind the air carrier X tri-jet to runway 27R via taxiway M. The captain misunderstood the clearance and instead of taxiing via taxiway M, followed the air carrier X tri-jet taxiing on taxiway left. I was busy doing the taxi checklist and was not aware of our mistake. Ground advised us to transition over to taxiway M. No conflict with any aircraft occurred. Lesson learned: both pilots must monitor each other, even when performing pilot specific tasks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B737-300 MISUNDERSTOOD TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND FOLLOWED ANOTHER ACFT INSTEAD OF XING BEHIND THE OTHER ACFT AND FOLLOWING THE INTENDED TXWY. ATC INTERVENED AND PROVIDED A TRANSITION RTE TO BRING RPTR'S ACFT BACK TO THE INTENDED RTE.
Narrative: ON TAXI OUT FOR DEP FROM ATL'S RAMP X, SPOT YY, WE WERE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING CLRNC: TAXI BEHIND THE ACR X TRI-JET TO RWY 27R VIA TXWY M. THE CAPT MISUNDERSTOOD THE CLRNC AND INSTEAD OF TAXIING VIA TXWY M, FOLLOWED THE ACR X TRI-JET TAXIING ON TXWY L. I WAS BUSY DOING THE TAXI CHKLIST AND WAS NOT AWARE OF OUR MISTAKE. GND ADVISED US TO TRANSITION OVER TO TXWY M. NO CONFLICT WITH ANY ACFT OCCURRED. LESSON LEARNED: BOTH PLTS MUST MONITOR EACH OTHER, EVEN WHEN PERFORMING PLT SPECIFIC TASKS.
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.