B727 crew deviated from their assigned taxi route at dfw.

Attributes
ACN	425970
Time
Date	199901
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
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	B727-200
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	425970
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Missed turn during taxi. After landing on runway 17L tower directed taxi over er bridge and hold short of runway 17C at taxiway a. First officer read back directions but captain missed the part about taxiway a. First officer was cleaning up after landing checklist and changing to directed frequency as turn to north was passed. Subsequent tower controller (126.55) asked if we missed turn. Reply was affirmative, is that problem? Answer: well, yes. No conflict with other traffic or difficulty of any type was observed by aircrew, and frequency traffic was too busy for controller to explain his problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW DEVIATED FROM THEIR ASSIGNED TAXI RTE AT DFW.

Narrative: MISSED TURN DURING TAXI. AFTER LNDG ON RWY 17L TWR DIRECTED TAXI OVER ER BRIDGE AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 17C AT TXWY A. FO READ BACK DIRECTIONS BUT CAPT MISSED THE PART ABOUT TXWY A. FO WAS CLEANING UP AFTER LNDG CHKLIST AND CHANGING TO DIRECTED FREQ AS TURN TO N WAS PASSED. SUBSEQUENT TWR CTLR (126.55) ASKED IF WE MISSED TURN. REPLY WAS AFFIRMATIVE, IS THAT PROB? ANSWER: WELL, YES. NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER TFC OR DIFFICULTY OF ANY TYPE WAS OBSERVED BY AIRCREW, AND FREQ TFC WAS TOO BUSY FOR CTLR TO EXPLAIN HIS PROB.

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.