Small jet flight crew departs from wrong runway at act; mistaking runway 32 for runway 1.

Attributes
ACN	781978
Time
Date	200804
Place
Locale Reference	airport : act.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport Low Wing 2 Recip Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10200 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	781978
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	781673
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : insufficient time
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

We were departing waco (act) airport after a long day of waiting for passenger. There were 20+ aircraft that all had passenger showing up at the same time for departure and we quickly loaded the passenger and got the aircraft ready for departure. We taxied out for a departure on runway 1 via taxiway D and held short at the end of the taxiway. When we were cleared for takeoff; we proceeded from the taxiway onto the runway and departed. As we rolled down the runway; the captain realized that we were on runway 32 and not on our assigned runway 1. (Having arrived on runway 32; we knew that distance was not an issue.) as we began our climb out; the tower pointed out that we departed the wrong runway and said that it was not a problem and sent us to departure. The error was a result of being in a hurry; compounded with already having a very long day. Also; the runway layout at waco has runway 1 and runway 32 intersecting at the end of taxiway D. This is obviously an error on the crew's part; not confirming the runway heading and the aircraft heading prior to departure. A future preventive measure could be implemented by having a local procedure for the tower to advise aircraft on taxiway D heading to runway 1 that they are entering an area of intersecting runways. Lastly; this is an excellent scenario that shows how valuable raas is in transport aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMALL JET FLT CREW DEPARTS FROM WRONG RWY AT ACT; MISTAKING RWY 32 FOR RWY 1.

Narrative: WE WERE DEPARTING WACO (ACT) ARPT AFTER A LONG DAY OF WAITING FOR PAX. THERE WERE 20+ ACFT THAT ALL HAD PAX SHOWING UP AT THE SAME TIME FOR DEP AND WE QUICKLY LOADED THE PAX AND GOT THE ACFT READY FOR DEP. WE TAXIED OUT FOR A DEP ON RWY 1 VIA TXWY D AND HELD SHORT AT THE END OF THE TXWY. WHEN WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF; WE PROCEEDED FROM THE TXWY ONTO THE RWY AND DEPARTED. AS WE ROLLED DOWN THE RWY; THE CAPT REALIZED THAT WE WERE ON RWY 32 AND NOT ON OUR ASSIGNED RWY 1. (HAVING ARRIVED ON RWY 32; WE KNEW THAT DISTANCE WAS NOT AN ISSUE.) AS WE BEGAN OUR CLBOUT; THE TWR POINTED OUT THAT WE DEPARTED THE WRONG RWY AND SAID THAT IT WAS NOT A PROB AND SENT US TO DEP. THE ERROR WAS A RESULT OF BEING IN A HURRY; COMPOUNDED WITH ALREADY HAVING A VERY LONG DAY. ALSO; THE RWY LAYOUT AT WACO HAS RWY 1 AND RWY 32 INTERSECTING AT THE END OF TXWY D. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ERROR ON THE CREW'S PART; NOT CONFIRMING THE RWY HDG AND THE ACFT HDG PRIOR TO DEP. A FUTURE PREVENTIVE MEASURE COULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY HAVING A LCL PROC FOR THE TWR TO ADVISE ACFT ON TXWY D HEADING TO RWY 1 THAT THEY ARE ENTERING AN AREA OF INTERSECTING RWYS. LASTLY; THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SCENARIO THAT SHOWS HOW VALUABLE RAAS IS IN TRANSPORT ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.