ACR-WDB TURNED OFF RWY AND NEARLY HAD GND COLLISION WITH TAXIING ACR-LGT.

Date: 1988-01 · Aircraft: Widebody; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe

Synopsis

ACR-WDB TURNED OFF RWY AND NEARLY HAD GND COLLISION WITH TAXIING ACR-LGT.

Narrative

AFTER LNDG AT PHX; WE HAD A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE TWR ABOUT EXITING THE RWY. THE RESULT WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONFLICT WITH AN LGT TAXIING IN THE OPP DIR ON A PARALLEL TXWY. THERE WAS SOME 4-WAY IRRITATION AMONG PLTS OF THE 2 ACFT AND THE LCL TWR AND GND CTLRS. IMMEDIATELY AFTER LNDG; THE TWR CTLR ISSUED SOME LENGTHY INSTRUCTIONS WHICH WE COULD NEITHER HEAR NOR PAY ATTN TO UNTIL WE CAME OUT OF REVERSE AND WERE SLOWED. ON OUR REQUEST TO REPEAT; HE TOLD US TO TURN OFF AT C-4 AND CONTACT GND CTL. THE DISTANCE BTWN THE RWY AND PARALLEL TXWY C IS SO NARROW THAT A WDB WHOSE TAIL IS CLR OF THE RWY WILL HAVE HIS NOSE WELL INTO TXWY C; YOU CAN'T HOLD BTWN THE TWO. THE OPP DIR LGT AND THE GND CTLR EXPECTED ME TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY C. I EXPECTED THE LGT TO HOLD SHORT OF C-4; AND THE TWR CTLR EXPECTED ME TO CLR THE RWY. AFTER PARKING I PHONED THE TWR SUPVR. I WOULD SAY THAT OUR CONVERSATION BENEFITTED ALL CONCERNED. IF I COULD HAVE A RE-RUN; I WOULD SAY NO TO THE TURNOFF ON C-4 AND GO TO THE NEXT EXIT AND COME ON THE TXWY BEHIND THE OTHER ACFT. I THINK THE TWR AND GND CTLR SHOULD COORDINATE IF THE TWR IS CALLING FOR A RWY EXIT THAT CREATES A GND TFC CONFLICT. IN PASSING; I WANT TO COMMENT THAT THERE ARE A FEW TWR CTLRS WHO FEEL THAT WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL OF A LNDG ACFT IS ON THE RWY THAT THEY CAN ISSUE SOME RAPID FIRE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT TAXIING. IT'S THE WRONG TIME AND PLACE. THE PLT; OF NECESSITY; MUST IGNORE THAT NOISE UNTIL EVERYTHING HAS SLOWED. I AM TOLD THAT CTLR TRAINERS IS TO WAIT UNTIL THE ACFT IS SLOW ENOUGH TO CONSIDER A TURNOFF BUT; ONCE IN AWHILE; YOU ENCOUNTER EXCEPTIONS.

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