B767 crew had taxiway incursion when the pushback crew pushed aircraft onto an active taxiway at jfk...

Attributes
ACN	486681
Time
Date	200009
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	486681
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	486680
Events
Anomaly	excursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllerb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Pushback onto active taxiway. Were cleared to push from the gate at jfk onto taxi lane. This was passed to the push crew and acknowledged. During engine start, push crew moved the aircraft onto active taxiway a. We did not realize the mistake until too late to get the crew to stop or call jfk ground. Jfk ground was notified and said they would contact company. We contacted ramp to relay the error to company. Were informed company would debrief the push crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW HAD TXWY INCURSION WHEN THE PUSHBACK CREW PUSHED ACFT ONTO AN ACTIVE TXWY AT JFK.

Narrative: PUSHBACK ONTO ACTIVE TXWY. WERE CLRED TO PUSH FROM THE GATE AT JFK ONTO TAXI LANE. THIS WAS PASSED TO THE PUSH CREW AND ACKNOWLEDGED. DURING ENG START, PUSH CREW MOVED THE ACFT ONTO ACTIVE TXWY A. WE DID NOT REALIZE THE MISTAKE UNTIL TOO LATE TO GET THE CREW TO STOP OR CALL JFK GND. JFK GND WAS NOTIFIED AND SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT COMPANY. WE CONTACTED RAMP TO RELAY THE ERROR TO COMPANY. WERE INFORMED COMPANY WOULD DEBRIEF THE PUSH CREW.

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.