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A B757 crew pushes back from the gate without first requesting authority/authorized from ground controller at bwi, md.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 469840 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200004 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwi.airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 769840 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 37 |
| ASRS Report | 469548 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Our company special pages specifically said call for pushback if at gate xxy, we were at XXX. I had never been at gate XXX before. As we pushed back, ground control called, informing us that we had pushed without clearance. Buried in the NOTAMS was instruction to call for push from all gates. Information saturation caused us to miss this change from previous procedure. Gate XXX is a new gate. There was no conflict with other aircraft, but the ground controller seemed irritated. Supplemental information from acn 469548: there was no sign posted outside at the gate to contact ground.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 CREW PUSHES BACK FROM THE GATE WITHOUT FIRST REQUESTING AUTH FROM GND CTLR AT BWI, MD.
Narrative: OUR COMPANY SPECIAL PAGES SPECIFICALLY SAID CALL FOR PUSHBACK IF AT GATE XXY, WE WERE AT XXX. I HAD NEVER BEEN AT GATE XXX BEFORE. AS WE PUSHED BACK, GND CTL CALLED, INFORMING US THAT WE HAD PUSHED WITHOUT CLRNC. BURIED IN THE NOTAMS WAS INSTRUCTION TO CALL FOR PUSH FROM ALL GATES. INFO SATURATION CAUSED US TO MISS THIS CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS PROC. GATE XXX IS A NEW GATE. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER ACFT, BUT THE GND CTLR SEEMED IRRITATED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 469548: THERE WAS NO SIGN POSTED OUTSIDE AT THE GATE TO CONTACT GND.
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.