A B737 crew clearing runway at dtw made the wrong turn and taxied across an active runway.

Attributes
ACN	510813
Time
Date	200105
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	510813
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Ground control gave us clearance to the gate on specific txwys (V, H, to the gate). After landing on runway 3L, the captain turned the wrong way and I questioned him 'where are you going?' and told him twice to stop. He did not respond, and started to cross runway 9L without a clearance. I was about to stop the aircraft myself, but after making sure the area was clear, no aircraft landing on runway 9L, runway 27R plus ATC had other aircraft crossing runway 9L at other txwys, I did not apply brakes. Plus I would have had to jam on the brakes and if any crew members or passenger were out of their seats, they may have been injured. ATC told us to stop and once again I told him to stop. ATC gave us clearance back to the gate. Late, at the gate, I tried to talk to the captain about the incident, but he would not talk about it. Based on the above event and other sits that occurred that day, he is the type of captain that no first officer is to question his actions. Talking to other pilots that have flown with him, this is a common occurrence. Nobody is to question a captain, at any cost. This appears how this captain tires to operate his cockpit. Even when I told him he was crossing a runway without a clearance, he ignored me.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 CREW CLRING RWY AT DTW MADE THE WRONG TURN AND TAXIED ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY.

Narrative: GND CTL GAVE US CLRNC TO THE GATE ON SPECIFIC TXWYS (V, H, TO THE GATE). AFTER LNDG ON RWY 3L, THE CAPT TURNED THE WRONG WAY AND I QUESTIONED HIM 'WHERE ARE YOU GOING?' AND TOLD HIM TWICE TO STOP. HE DID NOT RESPOND, AND STARTED TO CROSS RWY 9L WITHOUT A CLRNC. I WAS ABOUT TO STOP THE ACFT MYSELF, BUT AFTER MAKING SURE THE AREA WAS CLR, NO ACFT LNDG ON RWY 9L, RWY 27R PLUS ATC HAD OTHER ACFT XING RWY 9L AT OTHER TXWYS, I DID NOT APPLY BRAKES. PLUS I WOULD HAVE HAD TO JAM ON THE BRAKES AND IF ANY CREW MEMBERS OR PAX WERE OUT OF THEIR SEATS, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED. ATC TOLD US TO STOP AND ONCE AGAIN I TOLD HIM TO STOP. ATC GAVE US CLRNC BACK TO THE GATE. LATE, AT THE GATE, I TRIED TO TALK TO THE CAPT ABOUT THE INCIDENT, BUT HE WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT IT. BASED ON THE ABOVE EVENT AND OTHER SITS THAT OCCURRED THAT DAY, HE IS THE TYPE OF CAPT THAT NO FO IS TO QUESTION HIS ACTIONS. TALKING TO OTHER PLTS THAT HAVE FLOWN WITH HIM, THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. NOBODY IS TO QUESTION A CAPT, AT ANY COST. THIS APPEARS HOW THIS CAPT TIRES TO OPERATE HIS COCKPIT. EVEN WHEN I TOLD HIM HE WAS XING A RWY WITHOUT A CLRNC, HE IGNORED ME.

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.