A B737 captain taxies across active runway while first officer is listening to ATIS.

Attributes
ACN	578137
Time
Date	200303
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Snow
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	578137
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	578399
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : issued advisory
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:

Got taxi clearance from ground control. Ground control said to get and advise when we receive new special ATIS. We were getting new ATIS when I learned I crossed runway 28C at pit. Nothing was taking off or landing. I looked both ways, and I could see nothing at either end. I crossed thinking I was going to runway 28L. Ground said I made wrong turn, and now he wanted us to turn left and hold short of runway 28C again. Then he told us to cross runway 28C and turn right onto taxiway east and taxi to runway 28C. Nothing else was said. We assumed it was active. Supplemental information from acn 578399: so, I told the captain I would go pick up the new ATIS as we taxied onto taxiway east with a straight shot all the way to runway 28C. I was writing the new WX from ATIS frequency. As we approached the first taxiway on taxiway east, which is taxiway V, the captain turned on it and started crossing runway 28C. About 1/2 way across, I looked up, came off ATIS to ground to hear ground telling my captain he'd turned wrong. I read back the taxi instructions out loud to the captain as I received them. The only other thing I could've done was to not leave frequency and monitor all the way to runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 CAPT TAXIES ACROSS ACTIVE RWY WHILE FO IS LISTENING TO ATIS.

Narrative: GOT TAXI CLRNC FROM GND CTL. GND CTL SAID TO GET AND ADVISE WHEN WE RECEIVE NEW SPECIAL ATIS. WE WERE GETTING NEW ATIS WHEN I LEARNED I CROSSED RWY 28C AT PIT. NOTHING WAS TAKING OFF OR LNDG. I LOOKED BOTH WAYS, AND I COULD SEE NOTHING AT EITHER END. I CROSSED THINKING I WAS GOING TO RWY 28L. GND SAID I MADE WRONG TURN, AND NOW HE WANTED US TO TURN L AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 28C AGAIN. THEN HE TOLD US TO CROSS RWY 28C AND TURN R ONTO TXWY E AND TAXI TO RWY 28C. NOTHING ELSE WAS SAID. WE ASSUMED IT WAS ACTIVE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 578399: SO, I TOLD THE CAPT I WOULD GO PICK UP THE NEW ATIS AS WE TAXIED ONTO TXWY E WITH A STRAIGHT SHOT ALL THE WAY TO RWY 28C. I WAS WRITING THE NEW WX FROM ATIS FREQ. AS WE APCHED THE FIRST TXWY ON TXWY E, WHICH IS TXWY V, THE CAPT TURNED ON IT AND STARTED XING RWY 28C. ABOUT 1/2 WAY ACROSS, I LOOKED UP, CAME OFF ATIS TO GND TO HEAR GND TELLING MY CAPT HE'D TURNED WRONG. I READ BACK THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS OUT LOUD TO THE CAPT AS I RECEIVED THEM. THE ONLY OTHER THING I COULD'VE DONE WAS TO NOT LEAVE FREQ AND MONITOR ALL THE WAY TO RWY.

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.