Following an alert from the first officer the captain of a B737 made an emergency stop to avoid a co...

Attributes
ACN	911805
Time
Date	201009
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BOS.Airport
State Reference	MA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	commercial fixed wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

We crossed 4L after landing and contacted ground. Our instruction was to taxi on bravo. We started to taxi north on bravo and were about to cross echo. While I was scanning to the left the first officer said; 'it doesn't look like he's going to stop.' I looked right and saw a commuter aircraft that had just cleared 4L on echo on a collision course towards us. I stopped the aircraft just short of echo and the commuter kept coming. ATC saw it then and told him to stop right there. He came to a stop just in front of us. It's very dark in that area of the airport at night and aircraft lights are about the only thing you can see. More illumination of some type would be very helpful. A big thanks to the first officer for catching this and bringing it to my attention quickly. He deserves a medal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Following an alert from the First Officer the Captain of a B737 made an emergency stop to avoid a commuter aircraft exiting the runway across his path. Night time and poor lighting contributed to the incident.

Narrative: We crossed 4L after landing and contacted Ground. Our instruction was to taxi on Bravo. We started to taxi north on Bravo and were about to cross Echo. While I was scanning to the left the First Officer said; 'It doesn't look like he's going to stop.' I looked right and saw a commuter aircraft that had just cleared 4L on Echo on a collision course towards us. I stopped the aircraft just short of Echo and the commuter kept coming. ATC saw it then and told him to stop right there. He came to a stop just in front of us. It's very dark in that area of the airport at night and aircraft lights are about the only thing you can see. More illumination of some type would be very helpful. A big thanks to the First Officer for catching this and bringing it to my attention quickly. He deserves a medal.

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.

Following an alert from the first officer the captain of a B737 made an emergency stop to avoid a commuter aircraft exiting the runway across his path. Night time and poor lighting contributed to the incident.