B727 taxied past taxiway A4 for departure on runway 11L.

Attributes
ACN	331991
Time
Date	199603
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tus
State Reference	AZ
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	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 12
ASRS Report	331991
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

A B727 was instructed to taxi to runway 11L. Aircraft passed taxiway A4 at the approach end and realized his error and turned at the next intersection, taxiway D.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 TAXIED PAST TXWY A4 FOR DEP ON RWY 11L.

Narrative: A B727 WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 11L. ACFT PASSED TXWY A4 AT THE APCH END AND REALIZED HIS ERROR AND TURNED AT THE NEXT INTXN, TXWY D.

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.