Narrative:

Lga was landing runway 22 and departing runway 13. Lga ground control issued several taxi clearances and hold shorts of taxiways during our taxi to runway 13. Lga ground further cleared us to taxi B; P; hold short runway 22. We complied with the clearance and were holding short of runway 22 on P with the parking brake on. We held short for several arrivals that were using the ILS 22 at that time due to the weather. ATIS was reporting 2SM br 4OVR 20/18 29.72. Lga ground then issued a clearance to cross runway 22 at P up to and hold short of runway 13. We both [the first officer and myself] had seen this conflict simultaneously and had averted entering the runway; however had crossed the hold short line. Lga ground did not contact us. The landing aircraft was on another frequency and was going around. The next transmission from ground was first a thank you then a reissue of the same clearance to cross runway 22 at P and contact tower on the other side holding short of runway 13. On the other side we both took a minute finished our checklist and then contacted tower for departure.first I would like to say that our procedures of clearing visually and verbally from both pilots before crossing any runway and taxiway and the extra diligence given to airport hot spots allowed us to keep our aircraft in a safe position at all times during this event. Ground control issued this clearance in error and our procedures and training backed the ATC system up with more safety. This might have been all together avoided if landing traffic and crossing traffic were on the same frequency. This would not only have given our crew a little extra situational awareness but the landing traffic as well. I would suggest that during IMC both crossing and landing traffic are controlled on the same frequency. If the weather was lower we might not have seen this aircraft until we were further onto the runway if at all. The flight was conducted to company flight standards and a safe departure and landing were made.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ50 flight crew was cleared to cross Runway 22 at LGA then detecting an aircraft about to touch down on the same runway. The CRJ crew stopped short of the runway but over the hold short line and the landing traffic went around.

Narrative: LGA was landing Runway 22 and departing Runway 13. LGA Ground Control issued several taxi clearances and hold shorts of taxiways during our taxi to Runway 13. LGA Ground further cleared us to taxi B; P; Hold Short Runway 22. We complied with the clearance and were holding short of Runway 22 on P with the parking brake on. We held short for several arrivals that were using the ILS 22 at that time due to the weather. ATIS was reporting 2SM BR 4OVR 20/18 29.72. LGA Ground then issued a clearance to cross Runway 22 at P up to and hold short of Runway 13. We both [the First Officer and myself] had seen this conflict simultaneously and had averted entering the runway; however had crossed the hold short line. LGA Ground did not contact us. The landing aircraft was on another frequency and was going around. The next transmission from Ground was first a thank you then a reissue of the same clearance to cross Runway 22 at P and contact Tower on the other side holding short of Runway 13. On the other side we both took a minute finished our checklist and then contacted Tower for departure.First I would like to say that our procedures of clearing visually and verbally from both pilots before crossing any runway and taxiway and the extra diligence given to airport hot spots allowed us to keep our aircraft in a safe position at all times during this event. Ground Control issued this clearance in error and our procedures and training backed the ATC system up with more safety. This might have been all together avoided if landing traffic and crossing traffic were on the same frequency. This would not only have given our crew a little extra situational awareness but the landing traffic as well. I would suggest that during IMC both crossing and landing traffic are controlled on the same frequency. If the weather was lower we might not have seen this aircraft until we were further onto the runway if at all. The flight was conducted to Company Flight Standards and a safe departure and landing were made.

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.