A B727-200 FREIGHTER IS TAXIED ONTO A PARALLEL TXWY THAT WAS RESTRICTED TO USE BY ACFT OF MEDIUM/HVY CATEGORY AT SVVA; FO.

2000-03 · NASA ASRS report 466701

Date: 2000-03 · Aircraft: B727-200 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-taxiway|other-publication-deficiency

Synopsis

A B727-200 FREIGHTER IS TAXIED ONTO A PARALLEL TXWY THAT WAS RESTRICTED TO USE BY ACFT OF MEDIUM/HVY CATEGORY AT SVVA; FO.

Narrative

ON TAXI OUT OF SVVA ARPT; VALENCIA; VENEZUELA; WE UNDERSTOOD INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO HOLD POINT OF RWY 10. AFTER PROCEEDING TO THE PARALLEL TXWY PAST INTXN B; THE CTLR TOLD US TO STOP. THE TXWY IS NOT STRESSED FOR A MEDIUM TRANSPORT SIZED ACFT. WE STOPPED AND HAD OUR COMPANY PUSH US BACK. 2 PROBS EXISTED TO CAUSE THIS CONFUSION. 1) POOR ENGLISH SPOKEN BY GND CTLR. 2) THE NOTE ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM IS POORLY WRITTEN. IT IS CONFUSING OF WHAT TXWY THEY ARE DESCRIBING. FINAL NOTE: THE ARPT DIAGRAM NOTES HAVE TO BE CLR AND EASILY UNDERSTOOD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE CAPT STATED THAT THE COMPANY HAD 3-4 PAGES OF RAMP AND TAXI INFO FOR EACH ARPT IN SOUTH AMERICA. THIS ITEM; THE ACFT WEIGHT VERSUS THE PARALLEL TXWY TO RWY 10 WAS IN THAT PACKAGE BUT HAD BEEN 'OVERLOOKED' BY THE CREW. THE SAME CTLR THAT ISSUED THE 'STOP' HAD ISSUED THE ORIGINAL CLRNC; SO THE CTLR KNEW OF THE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS. THE CAPT COULD NOT REMEMBER HEARING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD AT TXWY B. CTLR'S USE OF ENGLISH WAS VERY POOR. THE CAPT FELT THAT THE CTLRS DID NOT GET MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE ENGLISH. THE OTHER RWY; RWY 28; IS USED 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME. RPTR FELT THAT THE CTLR USED A STANDARD TAXI PHRASE WITHOUT THE 'HOLD SHORT AT TXWY B.' RPTR AGREED THAT THE COMPANY OR UNION COULD TALK WITH THE CTLRS ABOUT PHRASEOLOGY IF ASRS COULD NOTIFY THE COMMERCIAL CHART MAKER IF THEY COULD AMEND THE CHART LANGUAGE FROM 'TWY TO RWY 10 INTXN WITH TWY B AND C CLOSED TO ALL ACFT OF MEDIUM/HVY CATEGORY.' TO: 'TXWY TO RWY 10 BETWEEN TXWY INTXNS B AND C CLOSED TO ALL ACFT OF MEDIUM/HVY CATEGORY.

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

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