Flight crew of light transport crossed runway 17-35 without clearance while taxiing for departure.

Attributes
ACN	394684
Time
Date	199802
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 1050
ASRS Report	394684
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 120
ASRS Report	395206
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The first officer contacted ground control for taxi clearance as I was taxiing the aircraft away from the gate. Most of my attention at this time was focused on the ramp agent's hand signals since I was departing the ramp area at night. As a result, I missed the ground controller's taxi instructions. I asked the first officer if we had been assigned runway 27R, considering that was the runway we landed on 20 mins prior. He said he thought we were going to runway 27L but he would verify the clearance with ground. At this point we were on taxiway H and I stopped the aircraft until we could contact ground for clarification. The ground controller instructed us to taxi via taxiway H, taxiway east, and hold short of runway 27R, expect runway 27L for departure. I asked the first officer if he saw any signs for taxiway east on his side of the aircraft since I did not see any on mine, and he said no. As I started taxiing straight ahead on taxiway H, I asked the first officer to locate taxiway east on the airport diagram. He indicated that taxiway east should be to our right on taxiway H. At this point we continued with the taxi checklist and became distraction, which resulted in us inadvertently crossing runway 17/35 on taxiway H. I stopped the aircraft as soon as I could since we both realized at this time that we had missed taxiway east. The ground controller also mentioned at this time that we had missed taxiway east and had crossed runway 17/35. The controller instructed us to continue straight ahead on taxiway H and he would change our departure runway to runway 27R. After talking to the tower, I was told this event presented no problem for them and that no other aircraft were affected. After discussing this further with the first officer, we determined this event was primarily due to us running behind schedule and rushing in an attempt to make up some time. Our 18 min turnaround in philadelphia was an inadequate amount of time in this situation for us to accomplish everything we needed, including a more thorough preflight briefing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF LTT CROSSED RWY 17-35 WITHOUT CLRNC WHILE TAXIING FOR DEP.

Narrative: THE FO CONTACTED GND CTL FOR TAXI CLRNC AS I WAS TAXIING THE ACFT AWAY FROM THE GATE. MOST OF MY ATTN AT THIS TIME WAS FOCUSED ON THE RAMP AGENT'S HAND SIGNALS SINCE I WAS DEPARTING THE RAMP AREA AT NIGHT. AS A RESULT, I MISSED THE GND CTLR'S TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. I ASKED THE FO IF WE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED RWY 27R, CONSIDERING THAT WAS THE RWY WE LANDED ON 20 MINS PRIOR. HE SAID HE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO RWY 27L BUT HE WOULD VERIFY THE CLRNC WITH GND. AT THIS POINT WE WERE ON TXWY H AND I STOPPED THE ACFT UNTIL WE COULD CONTACT GND FOR CLARIFICATION. THE GND CTLR INSTRUCTED US TO TAXI VIA TXWY H, TXWY E, AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 27R, EXPECT RWY 27L FOR DEP. I ASKED THE FO IF HE SAW ANY SIGNS FOR TXWY E ON HIS SIDE OF THE ACFT SINCE I DID NOT SEE ANY ON MINE, AND HE SAID NO. AS I STARTED TAXIING STRAIGHT AHEAD ON TXWY H, I ASKED THE FO TO LOCATE TXWY E ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM. HE INDICATED THAT TXWY E SHOULD BE TO OUR R ON TXWY H. AT THIS POINT WE CONTINUED WITH THE TAXI CHKLIST AND BECAME DISTR, WHICH RESULTED IN US INADVERTENTLY XING RWY 17/35 ON TXWY H. I STOPPED THE ACFT AS SOON AS I COULD SINCE WE BOTH REALIZED AT THIS TIME THAT WE HAD MISSED TXWY E. THE GND CTLR ALSO MENTIONED AT THIS TIME THAT WE HAD MISSED TXWY E AND HAD CROSSED RWY 17/35. THE CTLR INSTRUCTED US TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON TXWY H AND HE WOULD CHANGE OUR DEP RWY TO RWY 27R. AFTER TALKING TO THE TWR, I WAS TOLD THIS EVENT PRESENTED NO PROB FOR THEM AND THAT NO OTHER ACFT WERE AFFECTED. AFTER DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER WITH THE FO, WE DETERMINED THIS EVENT WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO US RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE AND RUSHING IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE UP SOME TIME. OUR 18 MIN TURNAROUND IN PHILADELPHIA WAS AN INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THIS SIT FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING WE NEEDED, INCLUDING A MORE THOROUGH PREFLT BRIEFING.

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.