1999-02 · NASA ASRS report 428255
MLG ERRONEOUSLY TAXIED INTO ILS CRITICAL AREA AT SEA.
AFTER ENG START WE HAD AN ELECTRICAL RELAY SWITCHING PROB. OUR COMPANY MAINT CTL WAS NOTIFIED AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS. I WAS ASKED BY GND CTL T MOVE THE ACFT IN THE ALLEY. THIS OCCURRED AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROB. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROB IN OUR MEL BOOK; WE FELT WE COULD GO WITH AN ENRTE MEL WHICH MAINT CTL AGREED WITH. I THEN ASKED FOR TAXI CLRNC AND WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO RWY 16L; HOLD SHORT AT INTXN 1. AS WE APCHED INTXN Q; THE COMPANY CALLED WITH OUR NUMBERS. WITH A HIGH GROSS TKOF WT; WE ASKED GND FOR RWY 16R FULL LENGTH; AND WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO RWY 16R; BUT HOLD SHORT OF THE ILS CRITICAL AREA. AS WE APCHED THE CRITICAL AREA; THE COMPANY MAINT CTLR CALLED WITH THE MAINT AMENDED RELEASE WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOGBOOK ENTRY. AS THE COPLT WAS CONSUMED; HEAD DOWN; I WAS FURTHER DISTR ADJUSTING THE RADIO TO HEAR BOTH TWR AND COMPANY. I TAXIED ACROSS THE ILS CRITICAL HOLD LINE; STOPPING 20-30 FT IN THE ZONE. LOOKING BACK ON THIS PROB; I NOW FEEL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO TAXI TO A HOLDING AREA; TAKE CARE OF THE PAPERWORK; SORT OUT THE PROB; AND THEN TAXI. BOTH PLTS MUST BE HEADS UP DURING THIS PHASE OF OP.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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