Air carrier aircraft crosses runway without authorization. No conflict occurred.

Attributes
ACN	117434
Time
Date	198907
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cle
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	117434
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	117438
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Crossed runway 28 and onto runway 23L without clearance onto 23L. I misunderstood ground controller. I thought he said cross 28 and take 23L. We were about half way out on 23L when tower informed us we did not have clearance onto 23L. We exited runway 23L at nearby parallel taxiway, no conflicting traffic. We apologized and the controller indicated no problem. First officer was on company frequency obtaining weight and balance information and did not copy controller instructions. 28 and 23L are 1 piece of cement at this location. Maybe clearance language should be to hold short of 28 until cleared onto 23L.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIR CARRIER ACFT CROSSES RWY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. NO CONFLICT OCCURRED.

Narrative: CROSSED RWY 28 AND ONTO RWY 23L WITHOUT CLRNC ONTO 23L. I MISUNDERSTOOD GND CTLR. I THOUGHT HE SAID CROSS 28 AND TAKE 23L. WE WERE ABOUT HALF WAY OUT ON 23L WHEN TWR INFORMED US WE DID NOT HAVE CLRNC ONTO 23L. WE EXITED RWY 23L AT NEARBY PARALLEL TXWY, NO CONFLICTING TFC. WE APOLOGIZED AND THE CTLR INDICATED NO PROBLEM. F/O WAS ON COMPANY FREQ OBTAINING WEIGHT AND BALANCE INFO AND DID NOT COPY CTLR INSTRUCTIONS. 28 AND 23L ARE 1 PIECE OF CEMENT AT THIS LOCATION. MAYBE CLRNC LANGUAGE SHOULD BE TO HOLD SHORT OF 28 UNTIL CLRED ONTO 23L.

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.