Flight crew of a DC9-30 pwred back into a different ramp alley from parking then cleared by company ramp control. There was no conflict since wing walkers were used in the power back.

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Attributes
ACN	390670
Time
Date	199801
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
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	DC-9 30
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 7600 flight time type : 1900
ASRS Report	390670
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other 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:

Our aircraft was positioned to power back into alley #xx at atl. Due to the fact that there are no gate markings on the 'X' gates, I asked the captain which gate we were on. He said which is on the alley #yy side. I did not question the captain further and I called for power back. The alley #yy controller stated she could not see us but gave us clearance. We powered back into alley #xx without permission. There were no other aircraft nearby and we had wing walkers during power back.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A DC9-30 PWRED BACK INTO A DIFFERENT RAMP ALLEY FROM PARKING THEN CLRED BY COMPANY RAMP CTL. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT SINCE WING WALKERS WERE USED IN THE PWR BACK.

Narrative: OUR ACFT WAS POSITIONED TO PWR BACK INTO ALLEY #XX AT ATL. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO GATE MARKINGS ON THE 'X' GATES, I ASKED THE CAPT WHICH GATE WE WERE ON. HE SAID WHICH IS ON THE ALLEY #YY SIDE. I DID NOT QUESTION THE CAPT FURTHER AND I CALLED FOR PWR BACK. THE ALLEY #YY CTLR STATED SHE COULD NOT SEE US BUT GAVE US CLRNC. WE POWERED BACK INTO ALLEY #XX WITHOUT PERMISSION. THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT NEARBY AND WE HAD WING WALKERS DURING PWR BACK.

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.