Push crew pushed aircraft onto taxiway without clearance from ground control.

Attributes
ACN	523330
Time
Date	200108
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	523330
Events
Anomaly	excursion : ramp non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

From gate frequency 130.95 we were cleared to push with no specific instructions to the push crew from mia ramp control. The push crew pushed us onto a portion of taxiway. Normally they push tail east, but this time they pushed tail west. Ramp control then advised they had pushed us onto a portion of the taxiway. We then notified mia ground control. I advised the push crew what they had done and they did not seem to understand what they had done or that we were encroaching on a taxiway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PUSH CREW PUSHED ACFT ONTO TXWY WITHOUT CLRNC FROM GND CTL.

Narrative: FROM GATE FREQ 130.95 WE WERE CLRED TO PUSH WITH NO SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PUSH CREW FROM MIA RAMP CTL. THE PUSH CREW PUSHED US ONTO A PORTION OF TXWY. NORMALLY THEY PUSH TAIL E, BUT THIS TIME THEY PUSHED TAIL W. RAMP CTL THEN ADVISED THEY HAD PUSHED US ONTO A PORTION OF THE TXWY. WE THEN NOTIFIED MIA GND CTL. I ADVISED THE PUSH CREW WHAT THEY HAD DONE AND THEY DID NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAD DONE OR THAT WE WERE ENCROACHING ON A TXWY.

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.