A B757-200 flight crew taxiing for takeoff at mia are cleared to cross runway 8R. They hold short of...

Attributes
ACN	737966
Time
Date	200705
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	737966
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Ground cleared us to taxi to runway 8L and I immediately asked if we were cleared to cross runway 8R. Ground said yes; it's closed. I queried him stating that ATIS did not list it closed and he said it is going to open in a little while. We taxied normally; accomplishing all checks and frequency changes. Approaching the end of runway 8R the captain stopped the aircraft short of runway 8R because we heard tower clear a regional jet to land on runway 8R. If we had continued as cleared; at the pace we were going (normal taxi speed) we would have been on the end of the runway just as the regional jet crossed the threshold. Bad. Mia is closing runway 8R frequently now and opening it up during the afternoon push; and this could well result in some bent metal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 FLT CREW TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF AT MIA ARE CLEARED TO CROSS RWY 8R. THEY HOLD SHORT OF 8R WHEN THEY HEAR ANOTHER ACFT CLEARED TO LAND 8R.

Narrative: GND CLRED US TO TAXI TO RWY 8L AND I IMMEDIATELY ASKED IF WE WERE CLRED TO CROSS RWY 8R. GND SAID YES; IT'S CLOSED. I QUERIED HIM STATING THAT ATIS DID NOT LIST IT CLOSED AND HE SAID IT IS GOING TO OPEN IN A LITTLE WHILE. WE TAXIED NORMALLY; ACCOMPLISHING ALL CHKS AND FREQ CHANGES. APCHING THE END OF RWY 8R THE CAPT STOPPED THE ACFT SHORT OF RWY 8R BECAUSE WE HEARD TWR CLR A REGIONAL JET TO LAND ON RWY 8R. IF WE HAD CONTINUED AS CLRED; AT THE PACE WE WERE GOING (NORMAL TAXI SPD) WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE END OF THE RWY JUST AS THE REGIONAL JET CROSSED THE THRESHOLD. BAD. MIA IS CLOSING RWY 8R FREQUENTLY NOW AND OPENING IT UP DURING THE AFTERNOON PUSH; AND THIS COULD WELL RESULT IN SOME BENT METAL.

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.

A B757-200 flight crew taxiing for takeoff at mia are cleared to cross runway 8R. They hold short of 8R when they hear another aircraft cleared to land 8R.