Narrative:

After receiving taxi clearance to runway 18L from airside terminal one at orlando international we proceeded out taxiway B4. A saab on the inner taxiway to our left turned off their taxi light as they approached the same intersection. My interpretation was that the saab would yield. They did. (Ground control radio traffic was very busy on this sunday evening.) while carefully negotiating the crossing situation with the saab we received an additional clearance to hold short of taxiway C and to follow an air carrier moving north along taxiway C. I missed this clearance. As we continued through the intersection of txwys B4 and C an understandably upset ground controller quickly warned the air carrier aircraft that we had missed our call. The first officer had rogered the clearance to follow the air carrier aircraft but I was unclr of these instructions because I was occupied with the approaching saab and had picked up a good rate of taxi speed. The automatic- briefer in our aircraft was meled and inoperative. The first officer was reading the required passenger briefing. We were fortunate that sufficient crossing distance existed between us and the air carrier aircraft. I don't have a good estimate, but I suspect we had at least 300 ft of separation, and possibly as much as 800 ft. In the future I will wait until both pilots fully understand all ground clrncs including taxi instructions before initiating aircraft movement and will delay predep briefing (when inoperative) until clear of intersecting txwys and crossing ground traffic. This will improve our chances of assuring proper crew resource management on the ground as well as in-flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF BE1900 TAXIES WRONG TXWY AND FAILS TO HOLD FOR TAXIING ACR ACFT. GND CTLR INTERVENES AND ALERTS THE ACR.

Narrative: AFTER RECEIVING TAXI CLRNC TO RWY 18L FROM AIRSIDE TERMINAL ONE AT ORLANDO INTL WE PROCEEDED OUT TXWY B4. A SAAB ON THE INNER TXWY TO OUR L TURNED OFF THEIR TAXI LIGHT AS THEY APCHED THE SAME INTXN. MY INTERP WAS THAT THE SAAB WOULD YIELD. THEY DID. (GND CTL RADIO TFC WAS VERY BUSY ON THIS SUNDAY EVENING.) WHILE CAREFULLY NEGOTIATING THE XING SIT WITH THE SAAB WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL CLRNC TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY C AND TO FOLLOW AN ACR MOVING N ALONG TXWY C. I MISSED THIS CLRNC. AS WE CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTXN OF TXWYS B4 AND C AN UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET GND CTLR QUICKLY WARNED THE ACR ACFT THAT WE HAD MISSED OUR CALL. THE FO HAD ROGERED THE CLRNC TO FOLLOW THE ACR ACFT BUT I WAS UNCLR OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE I WAS OCCUPIED WITH THE APCHING SAAB AND HAD PICKED UP A GOOD RATE OF TAXI SPD. THE AUTO- BRIEFER IN OUR ACFT WAS MELED AND INOP. THE FO WAS READING THE REQUIRED PAX BRIEFING. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT SUFFICIENT XING DISTANCE EXISTED BTWN US AND THE ACR ACFT. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ESTIMATE, BUT I SUSPECT WE HAD AT LEAST 300 FT OF SEPARATION, AND POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 800 FT. IN THE FUTURE I WILL WAIT UNTIL BOTH PLTS FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL GND CLRNCS INCLUDING TAXI INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE INITIATING ACFT MOVEMENT AND WILL DELAY PREDEP BRIEFING (WHEN INOP) UNTIL CLR OF INTERSECTING TXWYS AND XING GND TFC. THIS WILL IMPROVE OUR CHANCES OF ASSURING PROPER CREW RESOURCE MGMNT ON THE GND AS WELL AS INFLT.

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.