2005-04 · NASA ASRS report 655679
A320 FLC AT BUR ENTERED RWY 33 WITH WING WHILE TAXIING TO RWY 8 AND AVOIDING OTHER ACFT THAT WERE PUSHED BACK IN THE 'B' GATE AREA.
WE PUSHED BACK FROM GATE X AND STOPPED BETWEEN GATES X AND Y. THERE WAS A 737-300 AT GATE Z; AN MD-80 AT GATE Y; A 757 AT GATE W CALLING FOR TAXI; AND ANOTHER 737-300 HOLDING SHORT OF RWYS 15/33. UPON RELEASE; GND INSTRUCTED US TO 'TAXI TO RWY 15; HOLD SHORT OF RWY 8.' THE INITIAL MANEUVER REQUIRED US TO TURN 90 DEGS L FACING RWY 15/33 AND AN IMMEDIATE R TURN PARALLELING THE RWY; AVOIDING THE MD-80 AT GATE Y AND THE 757 AT GATE W. THERE ARE NO TAXI LINES BEHIND GATES X AND Y AS THE TAXI LINE DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL GATE W. I WAS WELL AWARE OF THE BUR 10-7 WARNING REGARDING NON-MOVEMENT AREA. THE RWY WAS ALSO CLOSED TO DEPARTING TFC UNTIL WE CLRED THE GATE AREA. THE TAXI CLRNC; LACK OF VISUAL CUES AND MINIMUM CLRNC; THE REQUIRED MANEUVER; THE CLOSURE OF THE RWY; MY BELIEF THAT THE 757 WAS GOING TO PUSH; AND THE FACT THAT WE TAXIED DOWN RWY 15/33 THE PREVIOUS EVENING LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE WERE CLRED IN TO THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA. AS SOON AS I BEGAN TO TAXI AND IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I WAS OVERSHOOTING THE EXTENDED TAXI LINE BEHIND GATE W AND ENCROACHING UPON THE RWY; THE FO CORRECTED ME AND WE TURNED TOWARDS THE TAXI LINE. DURING THIS TIME OUR L WING ENTERED THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA. GND ADVISED US OF THE ERROR AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED IT. HE STATED THAT IT IS VERY CONFUSING ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIGHT MANEUVERING INITIALLY REQUIRED. AT NO TIME WAS THERE ANY CONFLICT AS THE HOLDING ACFT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AND WAS NOT CLRED FOR TKOF UNTIL WE HAD TAXIED CLR OF ALL THE GATES.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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