Air carrier taxies onto wrong runway at corpus christy, tx.

Attributes
ACN	468430
Time
Date	200004
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : crp.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d21.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : position and hold ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 4720
ASRS Report	468430
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time total : 2000
ASRS Report	468623
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

ATIS advertised use of runway 35, instructed to taxi to runway 35. Instructed to taxi into position and hold runway 31. At intersection of both runways, wrong turn was made onto runway 35. Immediate 180 degrees was made off runway and clear of runway without incident. Tower issued alert of center WX advisory moments before occurrence, distracting crew due to severity of WX issued. A discussion ensued between crew members concerning WX. Explained to tower, appeared to be no problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TAXIES ONTO WRONG RWY AT CORPUS CHRISTY, TX.

Narrative: ATIS ADVERTISED USE OF RWY 35, INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 35. INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD RWY 31. AT INTXN OF BOTH RWYS, WRONG TURN WAS MADE ONTO RWY 35. IMMEDIATE 180 DEGS WAS MADE OFF RWY AND CLR OF RWY WITHOUT INCIDENT. TWR ISSUED ALERT OF CTR WX ADVISORY MOMENTS BEFORE OCCURRENCE, DISTRACTING CREW DUE TO SEVERITY OF WX ISSUED. A DISCUSSION ENSUED BTWN CREW MEMBERS CONCERNING WX. EXPLAINED TO TWR, APPEARED TO BE NO 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.