An air carrier B727 flight crew taxied the wrong route and ended up waiting for their gate in the wr...

Attributes
ACN	382880
Time
Date	199710
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	382880
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After crossing runway 17R, ground cleared us up taxiway left to hold short of taxiway Z on taxiway K. We queried this as, facing south we should hold short of taxiway Y facing south. When I turned into the holding area, I mistakenly used taxiway J. It was dark, and I was depending on the first officer to back me up rather than stop and hold up traffic while we sorted this out. My fault, no problem with traffic into the ramp area as we were clear of the taxiway and the entrance to same.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B727 FLC TAXIED THE WRONG RTE AND ENDED UP WAITING FOR THEIR GATE IN THE WRONG HOLDING SPOT.

Narrative: AFTER XING RWY 17R, GND CLRED US UP TXWY L TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY Z ON TXWY K. WE QUERIED THIS AS, FACING S WE SHOULD HOLD SHORT OF TXWY Y FACING S. WHEN I TURNED INTO THE HOLDING AREA, I MISTAKENLY USED TXWY J. IT WAS DARK, AND I WAS DEPENDING ON THE FO TO BACK ME UP RATHER THAN STOP AND HOLD UP TFC WHILE WE SORTED THIS OUT. MY FAULT, NO PROB WITH TFC INTO THE RAMP AREA AS WE WERE CLR OF THE TXWY AND THE ENTRANCE TO SAME.

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.

An air carrier B727 flight crew taxied the wrong route and ended up waiting for their gate in the wrong holding spot.