A dhc-8 captain reported that he cut off a B737 while taxiing at sea.

Attributes
ACN	514150
Time
Date	200106
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea.airport
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-400
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : sea.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 220
ASRS Report	514150
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Seatac airport has 2 parallel runways, runway 16L and runway 17R. After landing, we cleared runway 16R at intersection M between the runways. Tower cleared us to cross runway 16L and enter the taxiway behind a B737 which was taxiing northbound. My first officer read back the clearance. I was looking down runway 16L making sure it was clear and did not hear the part about passing behind the B737. I taxied in front of the B737 and they had to stop. It was my fault in not catching that last part of the taxi clearance and being in a little of a rush to clear runway 16L. A contributing factor also was a failure of crew coordination. The first officer might have prevented the situation by informing me to pass behind the B737 and not in front of it. Afterward, we did have a discussion about the event and [the need to] coordinate more closely on all clrncs. I now verify all taxi clrncs with the first officer so there is no misunderstanding on my part.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DHC-8 CAPT RPTED THAT HE CUT OFF A B737 WHILE TAXIING AT SEA.

Narrative: SEATAC ARPT HAS 2 PARALLEL RWYS, RWY 16L AND RWY 17R. AFTER LNDG, WE CLRED RWY 16R AT INTXN M BTWN THE RWYS. TWR CLRED US TO CROSS RWY 16L AND ENTER THE TXWY BEHIND A B737 WHICH WAS TAXIING NBOUND. MY FO READ BACK THE CLRNC. I WAS LOOKING DOWN RWY 16L MAKING SURE IT WAS CLR AND DID NOT HEAR THE PART ABOUT PASSING BEHIND THE B737. I TAXIED IN FRONT OF THE B737 AND THEY HAD TO STOP. IT WAS MY FAULT IN NOT CATCHING THAT LAST PART OF THE TAXI CLRNC AND BEING IN A LITTLE OF A RUSH TO CLR RWY 16L. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR ALSO WAS A FAILURE OF CREW COORD. THE FO MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THE SIT BY INFORMING ME TO PASS BEHIND THE B737 AND NOT IN FRONT OF IT. AFTERWARD, WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EVENT AND [THE NEED TO] COORDINATE MORE CLOSELY ON ALL CLRNCS. I NOW VERIFY ALL TAXI CLRNCS WITH THE FO SO THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING ON MY PART.

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.