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Merlin iv pilot took evasive action to continue across the active runway after noticing a single engine aircraft on takeoff roll. Meantime, tower controller requested that he hold short for the aircraft on takeoff. The merlin pilot did not respond to tower clearance to follow a cessna 400 type across the runway originally since the tower controller used the wrong call sign.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 512151 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mynn.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cle.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Merlin IV A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mynn.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Twin Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2200 |
| ASRS Report | 512151 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Nassau ground control told me to taxi to the holding point of runway 14 at taxiway. The call sign I was using was 'xyz.' there was a cessna 400 series aircraft ahead of me. Nassau called xyz to follow the cessna and cross runway 14. I did not reply to this and then called ground control about the inaccurate call sign. After the third attempt, nassau ground called back and said 'xyz is cleared to cross runway 14.' when I was on the runway during crossing, nassau ground told me to 'hold short.' I told ground I was on the runway and I did not want to stop on the active runway. At the end of runway 14, I could see a single engine on the wy. I could not tell he was on his takeoff roll until I had cleared runway 14. Had I stopped when nassau told me to, I would have been on the runway with the single engine departing over the top of me. Nassau called me back and asked if I had heard the first attempt when they asked me to follow the cessna and cross runway 14. I said yes, but it was the wrong call sign, and was given permission to cross runway 14 with the correct call sign xyz.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MERLIN IV PLT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE ACTIVE RWY AFTER NOTICING A SINGLE ENG ACFT ON TKOF ROLL. MEANTIME, TWR CTLR REQUESTED THAT HE HOLD SHORT FOR THE ACFT ON TKOF. THE MERLIN PLT DID NOT RESPOND TO TWR CLRNC TO FOLLOW A CESSNA 400 TYPE ACROSS THE RWY ORIGINALLY SINCE THE TWR CTLR USED THE WRONG CALL SIGN.
Narrative: NASSAU GND CTL TOLD ME TO TAXI TO THE HOLDING POINT OF RWY 14 AT TXWY. THE CALL SIGN I WAS USING WAS 'XYZ.' THERE WAS A CESSNA 400 SERIES ACFT AHEAD OF ME. NASSAU CALLED XYZ TO FOLLOW THE CESSNA AND CROSS RWY 14. I DID NOT REPLY TO THIS AND THEN CALLED GND CTL ABOUT THE INACCURATE CALL SIGN. AFTER THE THIRD ATTEMPT, NASSAU GND CALLED BACK AND SAID 'XYZ IS CLRED TO CROSS RWY 14.' WHEN I WAS ON THE RWY DURING XING, NASSAU GND TOLD ME TO 'HOLD SHORT.' I TOLD GND I WAS ON THE RWY AND I DID NOT WANT TO STOP ON THE ACTIVE RWY. AT THE END OF RWY 14, I COULD SEE A SINGLE ENG ON THE WY. I COULD NOT TELL HE WAS ON HIS TKOF ROLL UNTIL I HAD CLRED RWY 14. HAD I STOPPED WHEN NASSAU TOLD ME TO, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE RWY WITH THE SINGLE ENG DEPARTING OVER THE TOP OF ME. NASSAU CALLED ME BACK AND ASKED IF I HAD HEARD THE FIRST ATTEMPT WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO FOLLOW THE CESSNA AND CROSS RWY 14. I SAID YES, BUT IT WAS THE WRONG CALL SIGN, AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO CROSS RWY 14 WITH THE CORRECT CALL SIGN XYZ.
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.