B727 flight crew repositioning aircraft does not contact tower prior to taxi.

Attributes
ACN	406892
Time
Date	199807
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cae
State Reference	SC
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	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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 : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	406892
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	407353
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

When repositioning aircraft from non movement area in front of FBO to non movement area associated with main passenger terminal taxied via the short connector between the 2 areas. Tower frequency was monitored at that time and no calls or advisories were received. Upon arrival at passenger gate was informed to contact the tower by phone. Tower advised that we had taxied on taxiway P. No other aircraft or equipment were moving on taxiway P or taxiway a at time of occurrence and no conflicts with other aircraft or ground personnel occurred. I would recommend better taxiway markings on these types of ramp/combination txwys, and more distinction on airport diagrams where these 2 areas are not separated by some type of median. I would also advise any flight crew to call ground control any time when moving aircraft on a control tower equipped field regardless of ramp status.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FLC REPOSITIONING ACFT DOES NOT CONTACT TWR PRIOR TO TAXI.

Narrative: WHEN REPOSITIONING ACFT FROM NON MOVEMENT AREA IN FRONT OF FBO TO NON MOVEMENT AREA ASSOCIATED WITH MAIN PAX TERMINAL TAXIED VIA THE SHORT CONNECTOR BTWN THE 2 AREAS. TWR FREQ WAS MONITORED AT THAT TIME AND NO CALLS OR ADVISORIES WERE RECEIVED. UPON ARR AT PAX GATE WAS INFORMED TO CONTACT THE TWR BY PHONE. TWR ADVISED THAT WE HAD TAXIED ON TXWY P. NO OTHER ACFT OR EQUIP WERE MOVING ON TXWY P OR TXWY A AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE AND NO CONFLICTS WITH OTHER ACFT OR GND PERSONNEL OCCURRED. I WOULD RECOMMEND BETTER TXWY MARKINGS ON THESE TYPES OF RAMP/COMBINATION TXWYS, AND MORE DISTINCTION ON ARPT DIAGRAMS WHERE THESE 2 AREAS ARE NOT SEPARATED BY SOME TYPE OF MEDIAN. I WOULD ALSO ADVISE ANY FLC TO CALL GND CTL ANY TIME WHEN MOVING ACFT ON A CTL TWR EQUIPPED FIELD REGARDLESS OF RAMP STATUS.

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.