Runway incursion. - NASA ASRS

Attributes
ACN	297430
Time
Date	199502
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pia
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	297430
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Night, rain, taxi runway 28C in pit. Had light up and head in cockpit reading checklists, failed to notice captain miss turn for runway 28C taxi route. He taxied across the departure end of runway 28C when I recognized our location and error. Captain said he was thinking runway 28L. New emphasis on correct checklist response helped distract me from overall picture. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter flies the F-100 for a major united states air carrier. He and the captain of this incident get along very well. There was 'no personality problem, just procedures.' there was a very short taxi route, night, rain, and the normal route is to taxi to runway 28L. This is where the captain was going when he crossed runway 28C. The tower did not notice this, the crew told it. The first officer was doing what he was supposed to do while taxiing, feeding the computer and checklists. The first officer did not have time to help the captain in taxiing. This was a single engine taxi, a procedure ingrained at his air carrier. The first officer does not like this as it is one more distraction at a busy time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY INCURSION.

Narrative: NIGHT, RAIN, TAXI RWY 28C IN PIT. HAD LIGHT UP AND HEAD IN COCKPIT READING CHKLISTS, FAILED TO NOTICE CAPT MISS TURN FOR RWY 28C TAXI RTE. HE TAXIED ACROSS THE DEP END OF RWY 28C WHEN I RECOGNIZED OUR LOCATION AND ERROR. CAPT SAID HE WAS THINKING RWY 28L. NEW EMPHASIS ON CORRECT CHKLIST RESPONSE HELPED DISTRACT ME FROM OVERALL PICTURE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR FLIES THE F-100 FOR A MAJOR UNITED STATES ACR. HE AND THE CAPT OF THIS INCIDENT GET ALONG VERY WELL. THERE WAS 'NO PERSONALITY PROB, JUST PROCS.' THERE WAS A VERY SHORT TAXI RTE, NIGHT, RAIN, AND THE NORMAL RTE IS TO TAXI TO RWY 28L. THIS IS WHERE THE CAPT WAS GOING WHEN HE CROSSED RWY 28C. THE TWR DID NOT NOTICE THIS, THE CREW TOLD IT. THE FO WAS DOING WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WHILE TAXIING, FEEDING THE COMPUTER AND CHKLISTS. THE FO DID NOT HAVE TIME TO HELP THE CAPT IN TAXIING. THIS WAS A SINGLE ENG TAXI, A PROC INGRAINED AT HIS ACR. THE FO DOES NOT LIKE THIS AS IT IS ONE MORE DISTR AT A BUSY TIME.

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.