Flight crew taxis onto the wrong runway.

Attributes
ACN	300339
Time
Date	199503
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdr
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 1900 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	300339
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Tower clear 'aircraft X to position and hold on runway 29.' we (the crew) readback instructions however interpreted runway 24. Taxied onto runway 24. Controller said I wanted you on runway 29 so we started to move aircraft to runway 29, however, controller said stay put and cleared us to takeoff on runway 24. The runway in operations was runway 24 as stated on the ATIS. Aircraft were using runway 24 at the time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC TAXIS ONTO THE WRONG RWY.

Narrative: TWR CLR 'ACFT X TO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 29.' WE (THE CREW) READBACK INSTRUCTIONS HOWEVER INTERPRETED RWY 24. TAXIED ONTO RWY 24. CTLR SAID I WANTED YOU ON RWY 29 SO WE STARTED TO MOVE ACFT TO RWY 29, HOWEVER, CTLR SAID STAY PUT AND CLRED US TO TKOF ON RWY 24. THE RWY IN OPS WAS RWY 24 AS STATED ON THE ATIS. ACFT WERE USING RWY 24 AT THE 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.