Flight crew of F100 pushed back without proper clearance at bos, ma.

Attributes
ACN	424150
Time
Date	199812
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	424150
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Went to clearance prior to push and misunderstood. Thought we were cleared to push and then monitor ground. When I went to ground after starting push, he said he didn't want us pushing. My mistake. Captain was talking to the push crew and not even on the radio.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF F100 PUSHED BACK WITHOUT PROPER CLRNC AT BOS, MA.

Narrative: WENT TO CLRNC PRIOR TO PUSH AND MISUNDERSTOOD. THOUGHT WE WERE CLRED TO PUSH AND THEN MONITOR GND. WHEN I WENT TO GND AFTER STARTING PUSH, HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT US PUSHING. MY MISTAKE. CAPT WAS TALKING TO THE PUSH CREW AND NOT EVEN ON THE RADIO.

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.