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Neither air carrier medium large transport flight crew nor ATCT ground controller knew meaning of CAT ii aircraft as used on ATIS in referring to restricted taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 94266 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198808 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mpt airport : mdt |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 94266 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While listening to ATIS a remark was made that 'taxiway charlie is restr to category 2 aircraft,' (I don't recall the exact numeral but it was a numeral). We did not knew what category 2 was and if it included us. We asked ground control if they knew--they did not. If no one knows then why use that terminology. We did not use the taxiway. No other problems!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NEITHER ACR MLG FLT CREW NOR ATCT GND CTLR KNEW MEANING OF CAT II ACFT AS USED ON ATIS IN REFERRING TO RESTRICTED TXWY.
Narrative: WHILE LISTENING TO ATIS A REMARK WAS MADE THAT 'TXWY CHARLIE IS RESTR TO CATEGORY 2 ACFT,' (I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMERAL BUT IT WAS A NUMERAL). WE DID NOT KNEW WHAT CATEGORY 2 WAS AND IF IT INCLUDED US. WE ASKED GND CTL IF THEY KNEW--THEY DID NOT. IF NO ONE KNOWS THEN WHY USE THAT TERMINOLOGY. WE DID NOT USE THE TXWY. NO OTHER PROBS!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.