CRJ200 crew turns left when they should have turned right on taxiway north at atl.

Attributes
ACN	709857
Time
Date	200609
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER&LR
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4700 flight time type : 2800
ASRS Report	709857
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Airport Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

I crossed runway 9L at taxiway T as instructed. I was told to hold short of runway 9R at N2 which would have required a r-hand turn; but I turned left. Ground control gave us alternate taxi instructions and it turned into a non-event. Contributing factors included a maintenance problem I had the first officer working on so he wasn't heads up; as well as instead of having asked ground for a place to stop to work all this out I thought I could press on and handle the radios as well as taxi. It was bad CRM. Also contributing is the atl airport still adjusting to the new runway which affects which runway we'll be departing depending on WX conditions. Perhaps standard taxi rtes would help ease both pilot and controller workload and would allow a complete taxi brief to be conducted at the gate instead of a best guess or 'we'll just see what they give us' attitude. Another help would be for the ATC airport commercial chart's diagram to be split onto 2 pages -- north side on one; south side on the other. This would alleviate losing information in the fold and having both hands busy with the other person busy answering the radio; which is what happened in my case. Also having it split would allow for larger print and more detail.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 CREW TURNS L WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE TURNED R ON TXWY N AT ATL.

Narrative: I CROSSED RWY 9L AT TXWY T AS INSTRUCTED. I WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 9R AT N2 WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A R-HAND TURN; BUT I TURNED L. GND CTL GAVE US ALTERNATE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND IT TURNED INTO A NON-EVENT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDED A MAINT PROB I HAD THE FO WORKING ON SO HE WASN'T HEADS UP; AS WELL AS INSTEAD OF HAVING ASKED GND FOR A PLACE TO STOP TO WORK ALL THIS OUT I THOUGHT I COULD PRESS ON AND HANDLE THE RADIOS AS WELL AS TAXI. IT WAS BAD CRM. ALSO CONTRIBUTING IS THE ATL ARPT STILL ADJUSTING TO THE NEW RWY WHICH AFFECTS WHICH RWY WE'LL BE DEPARTING DEPENDING ON WX CONDITIONS. PERHAPS STANDARD TAXI RTES WOULD HELP EASE BOTH PLT AND CTLR WORKLOAD AND WOULD ALLOW A COMPLETE TAXI BRIEF TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE GATE INSTEAD OF A BEST GUESS OR 'WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT THEY GIVE US' ATTITUDE. ANOTHER HELP WOULD BE FOR THE ATC ARPT COMMERCIAL CHART'S DIAGRAM TO BE SPLIT ONTO 2 PAGES -- N SIDE ON ONE; S SIDE ON THE OTHER. THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE LOSING INFO IN THE FOLD AND HAVING BOTH HANDS BUSY WITH THE OTHER PERSON BUSY ANSWERING THE RADIO; WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED IN MY CASE. ALSO HAVING IT SPLIT WOULD ALLOW FOR LARGER PRINT AND MORE DETAIL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.