An air carrier flight crew inadvertently crossed runway 26L at atl after landing runway 26R and bein...

Narrative:

Upon landing runway 26R atl; tower instructed us to taxi bravo and victor and contact ground on taxiway victor. I questioned taxiway victor having not identified it on the airport diagram. We then saw a taxiway sign depicting victor with a half left to victor. As I made contact with ground; we were then instructed to taxi to ramp via bravo and victor. We interpreted this as a clearance to cross runway 26L on taxiway bravo and victor to ramp. We did not realize that we were still on taxiway bravo and not victor and crossed the runway on bravo. Victor was a half left turn and not a full left turn; which placed us still on bravo at the wrong crossing point. Taxiway victor would have bypassed a runway crossing but the signage misled us to believe we were on victor. This is depicted as a hotspot 1; which is only now clear to us. This event occurred to us due to poor signage at this hotspot. The ground controller must not have been looking our way when we crossed runway 26L at bravo and victor. We were not in a hurry and believed we were indeed following our instructions. I am fearful that this error will happen again to other crews landing runway 26R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew inadvertently crossed Runway 26L at ATL after landing Runway 26R and being cleared via Taxiways B and V to the ramp. Confusing signage where B turns into V was cited as a factor.

Narrative: Upon landing Runway 26R ATL; Tower instructed us to taxi Bravo and Victor and contact ground on Taxiway Victor. I questioned Taxiway Victor having not identified it on the airport diagram. We then saw a taxiway sign depicting Victor with a half left to Victor. As I made contact with ground; we were then instructed to taxi to Ramp via Bravo and Victor. We interpreted this as a clearance to cross Runway 26L on Taxiway Bravo and Victor to Ramp. We did not realize that we were still on Taxiway Bravo and not Victor and crossed the runway on BRAVO. Victor was a half left turn and not a full left turn; which placed us still on Bravo at the wrong crossing point. Taxiway Victor would have bypassed a runway crossing but the signage misled us to believe we were on Victor. This is depicted as a HOTSPOT 1; which is only now clear to us. This event occurred to us due to poor signage at this HOTSPOT. The Ground Controller must not have been looking our way when we crossed Runway 26L at Bravo and Victor. We were not in a hurry and believed we were indeed following our instructions. I am fearful that this error will happen again to other crews landing Runway 26R.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	856069
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway Ground Incursion Taxiway

An air carrier flight crew inadvertently crossed runway 26L at atl after landing runway 26R and being cleared via taxiways B and V to the ramp. Confusing signage where B turns into V was cited as a factor.