FK27 crew uses wrong taxi route after landing at ewr.

Attributes
ACN	427530
Time
Date	199902
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 750
ASRS Report	427530
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After landing on runway 22L at ewr, tower cleared us to cross runway 22R and contact ground control. We held short of taxiway D and contacted ground control. He told us to make a left turn on taxiway D. I am not certain what we read back, but we proceeded to taxiway a and made a left turn. He queried our intentions. We told him that we were to turn onto taxiway a, then he corrected us and instructed us to now use taxiway a because we were now located on taxiway a. The ground controller indicated that his initial instructions were to turn left on taxiway D. The problem arose because the controller assumed we were proceeding to the ramp via taxiway D. We were actually going to the other company ramp. Because the controller assumed our destination to be different than it actually was, he assumed taxiway D would be the most direct route. Because I wanted to hear 'taxiway a,' I proceeded on taxiway a, even though I had apparently been cleared onto taxiway D.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FK27 CREW USES WRONG TAXI RTE AFTER LNDG AT EWR.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 22L AT EWR, TWR CLRED US TO CROSS RWY 22R AND CONTACT GND CTL. WE HELD SHORT OF TXWY D AND CONTACTED GND CTL. HE TOLD US TO MAKE A L TURN ON TXWY D. I AM NOT CERTAIN WHAT WE READ BACK, BUT WE PROCEEDED TO TXWY A AND MADE A L TURN. HE QUERIED OUR INTENTIONS. WE TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE TO TURN ONTO TXWY A, THEN HE CORRECTED US AND INSTRUCTED US TO NOW USE TXWY A BECAUSE WE WERE NOW LOCATED ON TXWY A. THE GND CTLR INDICATED THAT HIS INITIAL INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO TURN L ON TXWY D. THE PROB AROSE BECAUSE THE CTLR ASSUMED WE WERE PROCEEDING TO THE RAMP VIA TXWY D. WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO THE OTHER COMPANY RAMP. BECAUSE THE CTLR ASSUMED OUR DEST TO BE DIFFERENT THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS, HE ASSUMED TXWY D WOULD BE THE MOST DIRECT RTE. BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR 'TXWY A,' I PROCEEDED ON TXWY A, EVEN THOUGH I HAD APPARENTLY BEEN CLRED ONTO 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.