LJ60 CAPT HAD MULTIPLE TAXI PROBS TAXIING OUT AT IAD.

Date: 2000-05 · Aircraft: Learjet 60 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-taxiway|other-plt-qualification

Synopsis

LJ60 CAPT HAD MULTIPLE TAXI PROBS TAXIING OUT AT IAD.

Narrative

FROM FBO GND CTL TOLD US TO TAXI VIA TXWY Y AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY A. MY HEAD WAS DOWN PROGRAMMING THE FMS. WHEN I LOOKED UP MY FO HAD BLOWN THROUGH TXWY A AND I STOPPED THE PLANE ON TXWY B. I QUICKLY NOTIFIED GND OF OUR MISTAKE. WE DIDN'T AFFECT HIS FLOW AND HE TOLD US TO CONTINUE VIA TXWYS Y; E; Z TO RWY 30. I APOLOGIZED. UPON REACHING 'Y9' GND TOLD US TO TAXI VIA 'Y9' TO TXWY Q HOLD SHORT OF TXWY Z. WE COMPLIED. UP AT 'Y8' HE HAD SEVERAL AIRLINERS HOLDING FOR SEQUENCE. HE CAME BACK AND TOLD US TO FOLLOW THE B767 TO RWY 30; HOLDING SHORT ON TXWY Q. AT THE SAME TIME A B757 WAS MOVING FROM 'Y8.' UNFORTUNATELY I AM UNABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BTWN A B767 AND B757. THIS WOULD BE LIKE ASKING AN AIRLINER TO FOLLOW AN LJ55/LJ60. SO I FIGURED HE MISTOOK THE AIRLINE NAME. I RPTED WE WILL FOLLOW THE B767 TO RWY 30 AND HOLD SHORT ON TXWY Q. ABOUT 100 FT FROM THE RWY TWR TELLS US TO SWITCH BACK TO GND. GND BEGINS TO BELITTLE US OVER THE RADIO AND TELLS US WE CUT OFF THE B767 THAT WAS COMING DOWN TXWY Z; THE PLANE LOOKED LIKE A B737 (OLDER) AND FROM OUR INITIAL TAXI POINT WASN'T SEEABLE THROUGH THE B757. MAYBE GND SHOULD PAY CLOSER ATTN TO READBACKS. AFTER HE MADE HIMSELF FEEL BETTER HE TOLD US TO SWITCH TO TWR FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. TWR TOLD US TO BACK TAXI RWY 30 AND EXIT TXWY Z MAKE A 180 DEGS AND HOLD SHORT RWY 30 ON TXWY Z. WE ACCEPTED A TKOF CLRNC RWY 30 FROM TXWY Z. UPON ENTERING RWY 30 WE RAN OUR TKOF CHKLIST; WHILE SLOWLY ROLLING FORWARD. THE CHKLIST TAKES MAYBE 30 SECONDS. TWR STARTS YELLING AT US TELLING US NOT TO STOP ON THE RWY; BECAUSE AN AIRLINER WAS ON SHORT FINAL RWY 1L. WE STATED THAT WE HAD NEVER STOPPED AND WAS ROLLING. THE AIRLINER WAS NEVER A FACTOR. IF THE ACFT WAS SO CRITICAL; WHY DIDN'T TWR TELL US TO PULL UP PAST 'Q5' OR CLR OF THE APCH END RWY 1L PRIOR TO RUNNING ANY CHKLIST OR GIVE US AN IMMEDIATE? I PERSONALLY THINK WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HOLDING ON TXWY Z AND TWR WAS TRYING TO FIX A PRIOR MISTAKE BY GIVING US TKOF CLRNC; AFTER HE CLRED A PLANE TO LAND RWY 1L (DUE TO ALL THE PRIOR MISTAKES). AS A CAPT I SHOULD PAY CLOSER ATTN TO MY FO'S. MAYBE HAD WE NOT MISSED OUR HOLD OF TXWY A GND WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN RIDING US SO. POSSIBLY GND HAD TWR CARRY OUT HIS ANGER? OR MAYBE THEY WERE HAVING A BAD DAY? WHATEVER THE FACTORS WERE THEY MADE MY LIFE HELL FOR 20 MINS. MAYBE HAD GND SAID; 'FOLLOW THE B767 OR WHATEVER; COMING DOWN TXWY Z BEHIND THE B757 AT 12 O'CLOCK POS TO RWY 30 ON TXWY Q AND HOLD SHORT;' WE WOULDN'T HAVE MESSED UP THE SECOND PART. I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF DULLES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF TREATMENT; NOR WAS I AT ANYTIME LOST. POSSIBLY EGOS PLAYED THEIR ROLE?

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