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Reporter flight crew became disoriented during taxi and nearly taxied onto active runway and into path of aircraft on takeoff roll.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 116850 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198907 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bos |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 190 |
| ASRS Report | 116850 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were cleared to taxi via taxiway C to runway 27. After crossing runway 4L we started our 3RD engine, then proceeded with taxi checklist, during this time we were told to 'expedite across runway 33'. Taxiway C was coming to a 'Y' and although I glanced at the airport diagram, I also saw a widebody transport awaiting takeoff. The widebody transport was what drew me to make a right turn instead of a left turn at the 'Y'. First officer had started #3 engine with the second officer and was reading checklist and answering radio. After turning right we were past the stop bar and saw an medium large transport taking off on the runway we were planning to cross. We stopped, ground control then saw us and told us to: stop, hold position and cleared us to tower. The medium large transport completed the takeoff and we were then cleared onto the runway to backtrack on same runway (27) to takeoff position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: REPORTER FLT CREW BECAME DISORIENTED DURING TAXI AND NEARLY TAXIED ONTO ACTIVE RWY AND INTO PATH OF ACFT ON TKOF ROLL.
Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI VIA TXWY C TO RWY 27. AFTER XING RWY 4L WE STARTED OUR 3RD ENGINE, THEN PROCEEDED WITH TAXI CHECKLIST, DURING THIS TIME WE WERE TOLD TO 'EXPEDITE ACROSS RWY 33'. TXWY C WAS COMING TO A 'Y' AND ALTHOUGH I GLANCED AT THE ARPT DIAGRAM, I ALSO SAW A WDB AWAITING TKOF. THE WDB WAS WHAT DREW ME TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INSTEAD OF A LEFT TURN AT THE 'Y'. F/O HAD STARTED #3 ENGINE WITH THE S/O AND WAS READING CHECKLIST AND ANSWERING RADIO. AFTER TURNING RIGHT WE WERE PAST THE STOP BAR AND SAW AN MLG TAKING OFF ON THE RWY WE WERE PLANNING TO CROSS. WE STOPPED, GND CTL THEN SAW US AND TOLD US TO: STOP, HOLD POSITION AND CLRED US TO TWR. THE MLG COMPLETED THE TKOF AND WE WERE THEN CLRED ONTO THE RWY TO BACKTRACK ON SAME RWY (27) TO TKOF POSITION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.