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An MD80 PIC narrowly avoids a ground collision with a B737 when he misinterps the taxi clearance during a night operation at ewr, nj.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 535736 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ewr.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 535736 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Misinterped taxi instructions from ewr airport ground control. Resulted in a conflict with another air carrier B737 taxiing on taxiway Q at intersection of txwys Q, right, and west. Caught sight of the other aircraft at last possible moment, narrowly avoiding collision. Several contributing factors such as: lengthy taxi instructions, poor lighting, ongoing checklists, crazed plexiglas side windows, nighttime hours.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 PIC NARROWLY AVOIDS A GND COLLISION WITH A B737 WHEN HE MISINTERPS THE TAXI CLRNC DURING A NIGHT OP AT EWR, NJ.
Narrative: MISINTERPED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM EWR ARPT GND CTL. RESULTED IN A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER ACR B737 TAXIING ON TXWY Q AT INTXN OF TXWYS Q, R, AND W. CAUGHT SIGHT OF THE OTHER ACFT AT LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, NARROWLY AVOIDING COLLISION. SEVERAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS SUCH AS: LENGTHY TAXI INSTRUCTIONS, POOR LIGHTING, ONGOING CHKLISTS, CRAZED PLEXIGLAS SIDE WINDOWS, NIGHTTIME HRS.
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.