1996-05 · NASA ASRS report 335232
ACR X TAXIING ON PARALLEL TXWY WAS PASSED BY ACR Y LNDG B727 WHO EXITED HIGH SPD IN FRONT OF RPTR.
LOCATION: ORD TXWY T AT T7/A7. TFC SPACING ON FINAL WAS TIGHT AND TWR REQUESTED A SNAPPY DECELERATION; AND WE MADE THE T5 HIGHSPD OFF RWY 14R WITH AN ACR A B727 OVER THE OVERRUN. GND THEN CLRED US TXWY T; A7; TXWY B TO THE GATE. AS WE PROCEEDED S ON TXWY T; THE ACR A B727 ROARED BY IN FULL REVERSE; EXITED AT T7; AND NEVER EVEN STOPPED OR LOOKED L AS THEY CONTINUED THEIR HIGHSPD TURNOFF RIGHT ACROSS TXWY T INTO A7 AND ACROSS TXWYS B AND A TOWARDS THE ACR TERMINAL. WE DID NOT HEAR ANY CHK-IN WITH GND UNTIL THEY WERE XING TXWY B. THEY HAD CUT RIGHT ACROSS OUR NOSE; FORTUNATELY I HAD BACKED OFF ON OUR TAXISPD AS WE HEARD THEM BLOW BY AND HEAD FOR THE HIGHSPD. A QUERY TO GND AS TO WHETHER THEY HAD CLRNC FROM TWR FROM RWY 14R STRAIGHT TO THE RAMP GOT NO REPLY. NO ONE MENTIONED THE TFC TO US. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT ORD TWR BY PHONE DUE TO AN EXTREMELY SHORT TURN TIMES FOR MY NEXT 2 LEGS. I WAS NOT IMPRESSED NOR DO I LIKE THIS KIND OF PERFORMANCE. UNFORTUNATELY; IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED. WAS THE EWR ON GND COLLISION NOT A BIG ENOUGH LESSON FOR ALL OF US. ACR A REPEATEDLY CUTS OTHER ACFT OFF ON THE TXWYS AT ORD. I; FOR ONE; WILL NEVER FIGHT FOR NOSE POS -- IT'S CHILDISH AND DANGEROUS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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