WDB DOES NOT FOLLOW TWR INSTRUCTIONS AND PROBABLY CAUSES FOLLOWING ACFT TO HAVE TO GAR.
Synopsis
WDB DOES NOT FOLLOW TWR INSTRUCTIONS AND PROBABLY CAUSES FOLLOWING ACFT TO HAVE TO GAR.
Narrative
LNDG RWY 16 NRT. AT FIRST; CONSIDERED USING FIRST HIGH SPD TURNOFF; BUT DURING ROLLOUT DECIDED NOT TO USE BRAKES UNTIL 80 KTS TO ALLOW NEXT CREW (DEPARTING IN 1 HR) TO HAVE COOL BRAKES AND TIRES FOR THEIR HVY GROSS WT TKOF. I THEN DECIDED TO TAKE NEXT EXIT FROM RWY; BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL REACHING THE TXWY THAT IT WAS A REVERSE HIGH SPD TURNOFF. SINCE IT WAS NO PROB TO MAKE A TURN ONTO THIS TXWY; I TOOK ACFT TO THE R OF CTRLINE TO FACILITATE L TURN ONTO TXWY A-7 AS I SIMULTANEOUSLY ASKED THE PNF TO REQUEST CLRING ONTO TXWY A-7. AT THIS TIME I ALSO TURNED THE ACFT NOSE APPROX 20 DEG L; ANTICIPATING THAT OUR REQUEST WOULD BE GRANTED. AT THAT TIME THE CTLR SAID 'CONTINUE TO TXWY A-8; TFC ON SHORT FINAL.' I SAW THE ACFT AT APPROX 100 FT AND I KNEW I COULDN'T GET TO A- 8 FAST ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY. THEREFORE; I PUSHED THE PWR UP AND MADE A QUICK TURN ON A-7; CONTRARY TO CTLR'S INSTRUCTIONS. THE ACFT FOLLOWING EXECUTED A GAR. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE FOLLOWING: 1) AT NO TIME DID A CTLR ALERT US THAT WE HAD AN ACFT CLOSE BEHIND US UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. 2) WE LANDED AT AN EXTREMELY LIGHT GROSS WT WITH A 140 KT APCH SPD. WE WERE AT TAXI SPD PRIOR TO A-7 TXWY AND SINCE WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE MINIMUM SEPARATION; WOULD NOT HAVE CLRED RWY IN TIME; EVEN IF WE HAD NOT SLOWED IN ANTICIPATION OF EXIT ON A-7. 3) WE EXITED ON A-7 AFTER BEING TOLD TO EXIT ON A-8 ONLY BECAUSE WE FEARED BEING STRUCK BY THE OTHER ACFT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.