Air carrier large transport makes the wrong turn off after landing and enters an active runway.

Attributes
ACN	151629
Time
Date	199007
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
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	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 720
ASRS Report	151629
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	151627
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landing runway 28R at sfo. Tower asked us to expedite clearing runway 28R because widebody transport was only 2 mi behind us. The tower controller said to 'use echo or the high speed to clear.' he said this during the flare or just after T/D when we were very focused on landing and very busy. I looked up from calling out altitudes and speeds to see a big east sign just then what appeared to be the high speed. I said to the captain 'there is echo.' he braked harder and we turned off at what appeared to be echo but what in fact was runway 1L. We looked down the runway and there was an large transport in position for takeoff. The tower told us to hold there, a landing aircraft on runway 28L rolled past and we were cleared to cross runway 28L to the right and clear on echo to the ramp. There was never a conflict, and tower thanked us for expediting the clearing of runway 28R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT MAKES THE WRONG TURN OFF AFTER LNDG AND ENTERS AN ACTIVE RWY.

Narrative: LNDG RWY 28R AT SFO. TWR ASKED US TO EXPEDITE CLRING RWY 28R BECAUSE WDB WAS ONLY 2 MI BEHIND US. THE TWR CTLR SAID TO 'USE ECHO OR THE HIGH SPD TO CLR.' HE SAID THIS DURING THE FLARE OR JUST AFTER T/D WHEN WE WERE VERY FOCUSED ON LNDG AND VERY BUSY. I LOOKED UP FROM CALLING OUT ALTS AND SPDS TO SEE A BIG E SIGN JUST THEN WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE HIGH SPD. I SAID TO THE CAPT 'THERE IS ECHO.' HE BRAKED HARDER AND WE TURNED OFF AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE ECHO BUT WHAT IN FACT WAS RWY 1L. WE LOOKED DOWN THE RWY AND THERE WAS AN LGT IN POS FOR TKOF. THE TWR TOLD US TO HOLD THERE, A LNDG ACFT ON RWY 28L ROLLED PAST AND WE WERE CLRED TO CROSS RWY 28L TO THE R AND CLR ON ECHO TO THE RAMP. THERE WAS NEVER A CONFLICT, AND TWR THANKED US FOR EXPEDITING THE CLRING OF RWY 28R.

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.