<< >> NASA ASRS Report 331190, March 1996

The flight crew called for taxi. The ground controller said to push back. Also, the ground controller said something about taxiing which the flight crew did not understand. The flight crew taxied to runway 34 not bothering to question the controller. The flight crew taxied onto runway 29 without clearance. The ground controller had said to 'push back and call ground for taxi.'

Attributes
ACN	331190
Time
Date	199603
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hpn
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
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 : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	331190
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
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	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:

In sum: the flight crew called for taxi. The ground control said to push back. Also, the ground controller said something about taxiing which the flight crew did not understand. The flight crew taxied to runway 34, not bothering to question the controller or read back the taxi instructions. The ground controller had said to 'push back and call ground when ready to taxi.' the flight crew in the process of taxiing without instructions to runway 34, taxied without clearance onto the intervening runway 29, interfering with a departing aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE FLC CALLED FOR TAXI. THE GND CTLR SAID TO PUSH BACK. ALSO, THE GND CTLR SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TAXIING WHICH THE FLC DID NOT UNDERSTAND. THE FLC TAXIED TO RWY 34 NOT BOTHERING TO QUESTION THE CTLR. THE FLC TAXIED ONTO RWY 29 WITHOUT CLRNC. THE GND CTLR HAD SAID TO 'PUSH BACK AND CALL GND FOR TAXI.'

Narrative: IN SUM: THE FLC CALLED FOR TAXI. THE GND CTL SAID TO PUSH BACK. ALSO, THE GND CTLR SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TAXIING WHICH THE FLC DID NOT UNDERSTAND. THE FLC TAXIED TO RWY 34, NOT BOTHERING TO QUESTION THE CTLR OR READ BACK THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. THE GND CTLR HAD SAID TO 'PUSH BACK AND CALL GND WHEN READY TO TAXI.' THE FLC IN THE PROCESS OF TAXIING WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS TO RWY 34, TAXIED WITHOUT CLRNC ONTO THE INTERVENING RWY 29, INTERFERING WITH A DEPARTING ACFT.

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.