A TAXIING C560 IS HELD ON A TXWY NEAR RWY 23 WHICH CREATED A TFC CONFLICT WITH A LNDG ACFT AT CLT; NC.
Synopsis
A TAXIING C560 IS HELD ON A TXWY NEAR RWY 23 WHICH CREATED A TFC CONFLICT WITH A LNDG ACFT AT CLT; NC.
Narrative
LCL CHARLOTTE GND CTL CLRED US TO 'EXPEDITE ACROSS RWY 23 AT A4; L ONTO TXWY M; HOLD SHORT OF TXWY F.' WE PROCEEDED TO EXPEDITE ACROSS RWY 23. UPON REACHING THE OTHER SIDE OF RWY 23; WE SAW THE TXWY B INDICATING THAT WE WERE ON TXWY B. WE WERE NOT GIVEN DEFINITIVE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS VIA TXWY B OR M2; TO JOIN TXWY M. WE SAW NO CONFLICT IN JOINING TXWY M VIA M2. WITHOUT STOPPING; WE MADE A L TURN ONTO THE HIGH SPD M2; TO INTERCEPT TXWY M. UPON TURNING ONTO M2 HIGH SPD; THE GND CTLR TOLD US TO 'HOLD YOUR POS;' AND WE COMPLIED. AFTER APPROX 2 MINS; WE WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTINUE OUR TAXI. THE TWR RECEIVED A GND SURVEILLANCE WARNING; INDICATING WE WERE NOT CLR OF THE RWY. AS A RESULT; THE TWR ISSUED A GAR CLRNC TO THE ACR LNDG. AT NO POINT WERE WE TURNING BACK ONTO THE RWY. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT BY CONTINUING TO HOLD OUR POS AS INSTRUCTED; WE WERE HELD IN A POS THAT WOULD SET OFF A CONFLICT WARNING. HAD WE BEEN CLRED TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON M2; TO CLR THE RWY HOLD SHORT LINES; WE BELIEVE THAT THE WARNING WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. ADDITIONALLY; THIS SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE CLRNC HAD INCLUDED TXWY B. FUTURE OCCURRENCES AT THIS INTXN OF A4 RWY 23 AND TXWY B MIGHT BE AVOIDED IF A4 WAS REIDENTED AS TXWY B. MAKING THIS CHANGE WOULD MINIMIZE CONFUSION WHEN XING RWY 23 AT THIS INTXN. IT WOULD ALSO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER TXWYS THAT CROSS RWY 23 INCLUDING TXWYS D; C; R; G; F; AND E.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.