EA30 crew had pushback coordination problems at sju.

Attributes
ACN	468700
Time
Date	200004
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tjsj.airport
State Reference	PR
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	468700
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	468701
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Company Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Company
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : tjsj.airport

Narrative:

Gate pushback. Pushback from sju. First officer contacted ramp control for pushback. Ramp control responded with 'cleared to push contact ground for taxi.' first officer repeats clearance back to ramp control. When ready to taxi ground control was contacted and asked who had cleared us to push. Upon return to sju, captain contacted tower supervisor to address problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EA30 CREW HAD PUSHBACK COORD PROBS AT SJU.

Narrative: GATE PUSHBACK. PUSHBACK FROM SJU. FO CONTACTED RAMP CTL FOR PUSHBACK. RAMP CTL RESPONDED WITH 'CLRED TO PUSH CONTACT GND FOR TAXI.' FO REPEATS CLRNC BACK TO RAMP CTL. WHEN READY TO TAXI GND CTL WAS CONTACTED AND ASKED WHO HAD CLRED US TO PUSH. UPON RETURN TO SJU, CAPT CONTACTED TWR SUPVR TO ADDRESS PROB.

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.