Taxiing traffic experiences a runway incursion.

Attributes
ACN	233726
Time
Date	199302
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bna
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16800 flight time type : 6800
ASRS Report	233726
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After landing runway 2L at bna, a right turnoff was made and we switched to ground control. After the turn on what I now realize was taxiway left, we contacted ground. I was not familiar with the field and told ground control our destination on the field was FBO. The taxi clearance I thought I heard was turn right and taxi south to L4. We were holding short of a crossing taxiway I believed to be left (due to the instruction given) which was actually B. The first officer read back the clearance that I thought was the same that I had heard, so I made the right turn and taxied south, asking the first officer to confirm that we were actually on taxiway left. He was having trouble, looking at the airport diagram, why we had made a right turn. By this time we were told to stop and that we had just crossed runway 13/31 without permission. I realized that we had crossed a runway during our taxi but thought it to be non-duty because operations were on runway 2L and 2C and I followed an aircraft across. Contributing to this incursion was the fact that the taxiway signs are confusing and the fact that the ground controller did not contest the turn right taxi south (readback).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING TFC EXPERIENCES A RWY INCURSION.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG RWY 2L AT BNA, A R TURNOFF WAS MADE AND WE SWITCHED TO GND CTL. AFTER THE TURN ON WHAT I NOW REALIZE WAS TXWY L, WE CONTACTED GND. I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FIELD AND TOLD GND CTL OUR DEST ON THE FIELD WAS FBO. THE TAXI CLRNC I THOUGHT I HEARD WAS TURN R AND TAXI S TO L4. WE WERE HOLDING SHORT OF A XING TXWY I BELIEVED TO BE L (DUE TO THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN) WHICH WAS ACTUALLY B. THE FO READ BACK THE CLRNC THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE SAME THAT I HAD HEARD, SO I MADE THE R TURN AND TAXIED S, ASKING THE FO TO CONFIRM THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ON TXWY L. HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE, LOOKING AT THE ARPT DIAGRAM, WHY WE HAD MADE A R TURN. BY THIS TIME WE WERE TOLD TO STOP AND THAT WE HAD JUST CROSSED RWY 13/31 WITHOUT PERMISSION. I REALIZED THAT WE HAD CROSSED A RWY DURING OUR TAXI BUT THOUGHT IT TO BE NON-DUTY BECAUSE OPS WERE ON RWY 2L AND 2C AND I FOLLOWED AN ACFT ACROSS. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCURSION WAS THE FACT THAT THE TXWY SIGNS ARE CONFUSING AND THE FACT THAT THE GND CTLR DID NOT CONTEST THE TURN R TAXI S (READBACK).

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.