SMT X COMPLIANCE WITH ATC INSTRUCTION TAXI INSTRUCTIONS.

Date: 1995-03 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

SMT X COMPLIANCE WITH ATC INSTRUCTION TAXI INSTRUCTIONS.

Narrative

SMT X HAD FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN TO MLI BUT WHEN I REQUESTED A VFR CLRNC INSTEAD AND THE CLRNC DELIVERY PERSON SAID 'IT WOULD BE AWHILE BEFORE HE COULD DO THAT' SO I TOOK MY IFR CLRNC. I WAS TOLD TO MONITOR AND REPEATED BACK FREQ 121.65 NOTHING WAS SAID THAT WAS THE INCORRECT FREQ. FINALLY I ASKED IF THIS WAS THE CORRECT FREQ AND WAS TOLD 121.75 WAS THE CORRECT ONE. ALSO ON ATIS WAS SAYING GND METERING WAS 121.67. AFTER COMING UP ON 121.75 I WAS ASKED IF I WAS READY TO TAXI AND I SAID YES. THE GND METERING PERSON INSTRUCTED ME TO TAXI OUT OF THE RAMP THEN USE DELTA TO BRAVO TO THE BRIDGE. I REPEATED THIS BACK TO HIM. NOTHING WAS SAID UNTIL I TAXIED W ON BRAVO THEN THE CTLR GOT EXTREMELY UPSET BECAUSE HE WANTED ME TO TAXI N ON BRAVO. AFTER REPEATING THE NEW TAXI INSTRUCTIONS 3 TIMES THE CTLR GOT THAT MORE UPSET. (THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS WERE BRAVO TO MIKE 2 TANGO 2) AT THIS POINT I ASKED FOR HELP OR PROGRESSIVE; HE STILL SEEMED VERY UPSET AND THEN TOLD ME TO CONTACT TWR 126.90. AT THIS POINT THE TWR HELPED ME TO RWY 32L. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A DIRECTION ON BRAVO (TURN L OR R) AND OR WHICH RWY THEY WERE TAXING ME TO. THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE A 'DEAD SPOT' AS FAR AS RADIO COMS WHERE THE CTLR GOT UPSET. THE GND CTLR SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME WHAT RWY I WAS TAXING TO THAT WOULD HAVE SOLVED MOST OF THE PROB. THE TWR CTLR WAS VERY COURTEOUS AND HELPFUL WITHOUT GETTING UPSET. MAYBE THE GND CTLR DID OR DID NOT SEE ME GO BY MY TXWY I DON'T KNOW BUT IF HE WOULD HAVE ASKED ME TO DO A 180 DEG TURN WHEN I PASSED IT UP; (NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME) WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE RADIO 'PROB.'

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