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Air carrier captain misunderstood taxi clearance and began taxiing to the wrong runway. ATCT ground controller intervened after the flight crew had taxied across an active runway. Runway transgression unauthorized runway entry.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 326320 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| 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 : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 326320 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 326434 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Given taxi instructions from start point. South on victor, left on echo for departure on runway 28C. Misunderstood instruction as south on victor to foxtrot for departure on runway 28L. Was told of misunderstanding by ground control after we had crossed runway 28C. No conflict occurred. Supplemental information from acn 326434: captain was thinking 'runway 28L' so he crossed runway 28C after checking there was no traffic. First officer was heads down looking at the ACARS not watching where the captain was going.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR CAPT MISUNDERSTOOD TAXI CLRNC AND BEGAN TAXIING TO THE WRONG RWY. ATCT GND CTLR INTERVENED AFTER THE FLC HAD TAXIED ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY. RWY TRANSGRESSION UNAUTH RWY ENTRY.
Narrative: GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM START POINT. S ON VICTOR, L ON ECHO FOR DEP ON RWY 28C. MISUNDERSTOOD INSTRUCTION AS S ON VICTOR TO FOXTROT FOR DEP ON RWY 28L. WAS TOLD OF MISUNDERSTANDING BY GND CTL AFTER WE HAD CROSSED RWY 28C. NO CONFLICT OCCURRED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 326434: CAPT WAS THINKING 'RWY 28L' SO HE CROSSED RWY 28C AFTER CHKING THERE WAS NO TFC. FO WAS HEADS DOWN LOOKING AT THE ACARS NOT WATCHING WHERE THE CAPT WAS GOING.
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.