An air carrier medium large transport turned the wrong way onto a taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	256773
Time
Date	199311
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bos
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 7500
ASRS Report	256773
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taxiing out of ramp, cleared to runway 27R for takeoff. Made a right turn on the parallel instead of a left. Factors were habit (usually have taken off on runway 9L) and preoccupation with doing electrical check. No conflict.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG TURNED THE WRONG WAY ONTO A TXWY.

Narrative: TAXIING OUT OF RAMP, CLRED TO RWY 27R FOR TKOF. MADE A R TURN ON THE PARALLEL INSTEAD OF A L. FACTORS WERE HABIT (USUALLY HAVE TAKEN OFF ON RWY 9L) AND PREOCCUPATION WITH DOING ELECTRICAL CHK. NO CONFLICT.

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.