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Flight crew of air carrier light transport crosses active runway at avp due to the distraction of performing checklist.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 136440 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199002 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : avp |
| State Reference | PA |
| 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 | Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 1900 |
| ASRS Report | 136440 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | 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:
Received taxi instructions to runway 22 for first flight of the day. I set heading but for 220 degrees and was about to taxi when ground reported wind as 290 degrees at 8 KTS (ATIS reported at 240 degrees at 9 KTS). First officer and I were doing preflight checklist as we were taxiing to runway (standard procedure), and even though I had runway 22 in mind, I actually visualized runway 28 and started that way. We checked for traffic on the long runway as we crossed it on the way to 28. Just about the time we finished the checklist I realized that we had just crossed the active runway 22. At this point we had just switched to tower frequency and he just noticed that we were on the wrong side of 22. No traffic conflict occurred, but even though we had looked for traffic, a conflict was possible. Factors were: first flight of the day; at familiar airport, but hadn't been there recently; performing checklist while taxiing; and not checking HSI reading before crossing runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF ACR LTT CROSSES ACTIVE RWY AT AVP DUE TO THE DISTR OF PERFORMING CHECKLIST.
Narrative: RECEIVED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO RWY 22 FOR FIRST FLT OF THE DAY. I SET HDG BUT FOR 220 DEGS AND WAS ABOUT TO TAXI WHEN GND RPTED WIND AS 290 DEGS AT 8 KTS (ATIS RPTED AT 240 DEGS AT 9 KTS). F/O AND I WERE DOING PREFLT CHKLIST AS WE WERE TAXIING TO RWY (STANDARD PROC), AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD RWY 22 IN MIND, I ACTUALLY VISUALIZED RWY 28 AND STARTED THAT WAY. WE CHKED FOR TFC ON THE LONG RWY AS WE CROSSED IT ON THE WAY TO 28. JUST ABOUT THE TIME WE FINISHED THE CHKLIST I REALIZED THAT WE HAD JUST CROSSED THE ACTIVE RWY 22. AT THIS POINT WE HAD JUST SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ AND HE JUST NOTICED THAT WE WERE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 22. NO TFC CONFLICT OCCURRED, BUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAD LOOKED FOR TFC, A CONFLICT WAS POSSIBLE. FACTORS WERE: FIRST FLT OF THE DAY; AT FAMILIAR ARPT, BUT HADN'T BEEN THERE RECENTLY; PERFORMING CHKLIST WHILE TAXIING; AND NOT CHKING HSI READING BEFORE XING RWY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.