Commuter taxiing out at rdu failed to hold short of taxiway intersection causing a critical ground conflict with an air carrier large transport taxiing in after landing.

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Attributes
ACN	176257
Time
Date	199104
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport
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 : 150 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	176257
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 5200
ASRS Report	176708
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 100 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We landed runway 5R rdu. Tower cleared us for left turn off. We turned off at taxiway R7. The parallel taxiway looked clear, but as we were just about at the intersection of taxiway a (parallel) and R7 the copilot made an exclamation and I also noted an aircraft with all his lights on headed westbound on taxiway a. He was stopped just short of R7. About that time the other aircraft (commuter size) told ground control 'that was a dangerous maneuver you just made us do.' ground control responded 'that's why I told you to hold short of that intersection.' they then cleared us to the ramp. I have no idea why none of us saw the other aircraft until we were almost on top of it. It was night, the runways and txwys were wet and we probably confused his position lights with reflections from the FBO area on the wet surfaces. I do not believe he turned on his taxi or landing lights until the time when the first officer and I saw him.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER TAXIING OUT AT RDU FAILED TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY INTERSECTION CAUSING A CRITICAL GND CONFLICT WITH AN ACR LGT TAXIING IN AFTER LNDG.

Narrative: WE LANDED RWY 5R RDU. TWR CLRED US FOR L TURN OFF. WE TURNED OFF AT TXWY R7. THE PARALLEL TXWY LOOKED CLR, BUT AS WE WERE JUST ABOUT AT THE INTXN OF TXWY A (PARALLEL) AND R7 THE COPLT MADE AN EXCLAMATION AND I ALSO NOTED AN ACFT WITH ALL HIS LIGHTS ON HEADED WBND ON TXWY A. HE WAS STOPPED JUST SHORT OF R7. ABOUT THAT TIME THE OTHER ACFT (COMMUTER SIZE) TOLD GND CTL 'THAT WAS A DANGEROUS MANEUVER YOU JUST MADE US DO.' GND CTL RESPONDED 'THAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU TO HOLD SHORT OF THAT INTXN.' THEY THEN CLRED US TO THE RAMP. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY NONE OF US SAW THE OTHER ACFT UNTIL WE WERE ALMOST ON TOP OF IT. IT WAS NIGHT, THE RWYS AND TXWYS WERE WET AND WE PROBABLY CONFUSED HIS POSITION LIGHTS WITH REFLECTIONS FROM THE FBO AREA ON THE WET SURFACES. I DO NOT BELIEVE HE TURNED ON HIS TAXI OR LNDG LIGHTS UNTIL THE TIME WHEN THE F/O AND I SAW HIM.

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.