Air carrier taxiing given instructions to hold area. Confusion in clearance, taxi to wrong point.

Attributes
ACN	169960
Time
Date	199102
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : eug
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : holding 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 : 210 flight time total : 16200 flight time type : 9200
ASRS Report	169960
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 5750 flight time type : 925
ASRS Report	169836
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Taxiing southeast on fox for runway 3C takeoff, ground control told us to hold on east end of uniform for extended delay. I turned right onto uniform into the depicted holding area. Ground control told us we were too far west, and for us to go to the east end of uniform and hold. We then taxied just short of xray on uniform. Ground control then told us he had meant the east end of uniform that was on the west side of fox.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TAXIING GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD AREA. CONFUSION IN CLRNC, TAXI TO WRONG POINT.

Narrative: TAXIING SE ON FOX FOR RWY 3C TKOF, GND CTL TOLD US TO HOLD ON E END OF UNIFORM FOR EXTENDED DELAY. I TURNED R ONTO UNIFORM INTO THE DEPICTED HOLDING AREA. GND CTL TOLD US WE WERE TOO FAR W, AND FOR US TO GO TO THE E END OF UNIFORM AND HOLD. WE THEN TAXIED JUST SHORT OF XRAY ON UNIFORM. GND CTL THEN TOLD US HE HAD MEANT THE E END OF UNIFORM THAT WAS ON THE W SIDE OF FOX.

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.