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Air carrier captain reported a taxiway incursion due to expectation bias.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1746444 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
After clearing runway xxr at taxiway 1X high speed; tower issued instructions to taxi on 1 to 2X. We had previously briefed a hard left turn on 1 to 2Y as the likely taxi route. Upon the left turn I noticed all the mothballed aircraft on 2Y; and tower advised us we turned the wrong way on 1. We didn't have room to do a 180; so tower had us taxi to 1Y; then take the runway to 1Z; for turn around and normal taxi to ramp from there.a combination of things. Long duty day after X days on the road. Expectation bias for taxi. Missed NOTAM in a lengthy taxiway closure novel. Tower not being more explicit with instructions; i.e. 'Taxi north on 1;' running an after landing checklist distracting the first officer from actively listening to instructions. Airport authority allowing taxiway to be used for mothballed airplanes while many other taxiways closed for construction.minimize long duty days with an almost X hour 'drool' in ZZZ before second leg; especially after a week on the road. Better depict notams; perhaps with a visual indication of closures rather than alphabet soup. I should have delayed after landing checklist until after confirming taxi route. Also; avoid expectation bias due to previous experience.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported a taxiway incursion due to expectation bias.
Narrative: After clearing Runway XXR at Taxiway 1X high speed; Tower issued instructions to taxi on 1 to 2X. We had previously briefed a hard left turn on 1 to 2Y as the likely taxi route. Upon the left turn I noticed all the mothballed aircraft on 2Y; and Tower advised us we turned the wrong way on 1. We didn't have room to do a 180; so Tower had us taxi to 1Y; then take the runway to 1Z; for turn around and normal taxi to ramp from there.A combination of things. Long duty day after X days on the road. Expectation bias for taxi. Missed NOTAM in a lengthy taxiway closure novel. Tower not being more explicit with instructions; i.e. 'taxi north on 1;' running an after landing checklist distracting the First Officer from actively listening to instructions. Airport authority allowing taxiway to be used for mothballed airplanes while many other taxiways closed for construction.Minimize long duty days with an almost X hour 'drool' in ZZZ before second leg; especially after a week on the road. Better depict NOTAMs; perhaps with a visual indication of closures rather than alphabet soup. I should have delayed after landing checklist until after confirming taxi route. Also; avoid expectation bias due to previous experience.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.