1999-02 · NASA ASRS report 429044
TWR GND CTLR STOPPED MD88 TAXI OUT AT INTERSECTING RWY DUE TO CTLR ERROR.
DEPARTING THE ACR RAMP AT GRR; WE WERE CLRED TO TURN L ON TXWY D; TAXI TO RWY 26L. THIS RTE CROSSES RWY 17/35. BY RECEIVING THE CLRNC TO TAXI TO RWY 26L WE WERE AUTOMATICALLY CLRED TO CROSS RWYS ENRTE. PRIOR TO BEGINNING TAXI; I HAD VERIFIED WITH MY COPLT THAT BOTH OF US HAD HEARD THE SAME CLRNC AND WERE IN AGREEMENT ON WHAT WE HEARD. ON TXWY D; PASSING THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 17/35; GND CTL ASKED IF WE WERE GOING TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY. THERE WAS NO URGENCY IN HIS VOICE. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND STOPPED BEFORE ENTERING THE RWY. AT THIS POINT WE SAW A BUISINESS JET DISCONTINUING A LNDG APCH TO RWY 35. TWR GAVE HIM CLBOUT INSTRUCTIONS. WE WERE CLRED TO CONTINUE TAXI TO RWY 26L. WE CONTINUED TO RWY 26L; TOOK OFF AND FLEW TO OUR DEST WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. AT OUR DEST; I DID CALL BACK TO THE TWR AT GRR AND SPOKE WITH THE GND CTLR. HE SAID THAT HE HAD IN FACT CLRED US TO TAXI TO RWY 26L FROM THE PARKING RAMP JUST AS WE THOUGHT AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME MISCOORD BTWN HIM AND THE TWR CTLR. EVEN CLRNCS DON'T ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CONFLICT. CTLRS MAKE MISTAKES TOO. THE PRICE OF SAFETY IS CONTINUOUS VIGILANCE AND VERIFICATION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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