1994-08 · NASA ASRS report 279852
UNSAFE TAXI INTO GATE AREA.
I WAS CLRED TO HOLD SHORT OF A20 TXWY ON A TXWY FACING S AT ORD. ONE S-80 WAS AHEAD OF ME AND A XY 727 WAS HOLDING BEHIND ME. WE WERE WAITING TO ENTER THE ALLEYWAY BTWN CONCOURSES K AND L. AFTER THE DEPARTING TFC HAD CLRED; RAMP CTL CLRED THE S-80 TO HIS GATE. I WAS CLRED TO FOLLOW THE S-80 TO MY GATE AND XY WAS CLRED TO FOLLOW ME TO HIS GATE; WHICH XY READ BACK TO THE CTLR WE'LL FOLLOW THE FOKKER IN. I FOLLOWED THE S-80 ON THE YELLOW LINE AFTER HE STARTED MOVING. JUST AS I WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE YELLOW LINE IN THE ALLEY THE Y 727 GUNNED HIS ENGS AND IN A BURST OF SPD THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN A RAMP AREA BEFORE; PASSED ME ON THE R IN BTWN ME AND A 757 PARKED ON. I HAD TO SLOW AND SWERVE TO THE L TO AVOID HITTING THE 727 AS HE SPED BY ME ON HIS WAY TO HIS GATE. MY FO QUESTIONED RAMP CTL AS TO WHAT XY WAS DOING AND THE CTLR RESPONDED I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FOLLOW YOU TO THE GATE. I RESPONDED THAT I THOUGHT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THIS ALSO. XY WAS SILENT AND CONTINUED TO SPD TO HIS GATE. AFTER GATE ARR I PROCEEDED TO THE L CONCOURSE AND CONFRONTED THE XY CAPT JUST AS HE WAS EXITING THROUGH SECURITY. I ASKED HIM WHY HE CUT IN FRONT OF ME WHEN HE READ BACK THAT HE WAS TO FOLLOW ME TO THE GATE. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT CUT ME OFF AND THAT THERE WERE 2 YELLOW LINES AND PLENTY OF ROOM. THAT IS A LIE BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY 1 LINE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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