NORDO TFC; SMA; PERFORMS AN UNAUTH TKOF.

1994-09 · NASA ASRS report 283963

Date: 1994-09 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-unspecified

Synopsis

NORDO TFC; SMA; PERFORMS AN UNAUTH TKOF.

Narrative

IN A FLT OF 2; TAXIING TO TKOF; MY RADIO BECAME INTERMITTENTLY UNREADABLE . I WAS TRYING TO CORRECT THIS PROB BY ROTATING FREQS. UNABLE TO COM I SIGNALED MY FLT OF 2 OTHER ACFT WITH HAND SIGNALS TO INDICATE THAT I COULD NOT COM WITH THE TWR; AND FOR HIM TO TALK FOR ME AS A FLT OF 2. HE DID SO AND I RECEIVED THUMBS UP. THE TWR GAVE US CLRNC TO TAXI IN POS FOR TKOF. MY OTHER ACFT GAVE THUMBS UP AND I FOLLOWED HIM IN TO POS FOR A FLT OF 2 TKOF. WE HELD UNTIL GIVEN CLRNC. MY OTHER ACFT GAVE ME THUMBS UP AND TOOK OFF. I GAVE NORMAL SPACING THEN TOOK OFF. I AM A TAIL DRAGGER WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY OVER THE NOSE SO I WAITED UNTIL HE WAS FAR ENOUGH AHEAD BEFORE MY ROLL WAS STARTED. BECAUSE OF MY LIMITED VISUAL SIGHT; MY ATTN WAS ON THE OTHER ACFT; THEREFORE; I MISSED SEEING THE RED LIGHT FROM THE TWR TO HOLD. I WAS TOLD LATER BY MY OTHER ACFT THAT AFTER THE TWR CLRED US TO TAXI INTO POS AND THEN GIVEN HIM CLRED FOR TKOF. HE GOT NO INDICATION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD ME FROM A NORMAL FLT OF 2 TKOF. IT IS MY OPINION IN VIEW OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS PROC WAS HANDLED BY THE TWR AND ACCORDING TO MY PARTNER IN THIS FLT OF 2 THAT THE TWR OPERATOR WAS FRUSTRATED WITH ANOTHER ACFT IN THE AREA AND THEREFORE GAVE US A QUESTIONABLE PROC. I AM COMPLETELY AWARE OF PART 91.129 HOWEVER MY FLT OF 2 OTHER PLT IS VERY EXPERIENCED; AND I HAD ESTABLISHED VISUAL SIGNALS WITH HIM. I RECEIVED A VISUAL THUMBS UP TAXI INTO POS FOR TKOF. I RECEIVED A VISUAL SIGNAL THAT HE WAS CLRED FOR TKOF AND THAT I WAS THUMBS UP TO GO WITH NORMAL SPACING; I HAD NO FURTHER REASON TO EXPECT A RED LIGHT FROM THE TWR.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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