Air carrier large transport unauthorized runway entry.

Attributes
ACN	104678
Time
Date	198902
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	104678
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 1000
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Holding short of 36R in mem. Instrument approachs in progress. Tower: 'air carrier X bif taxi into position and hold runway 36R.' pilot: 'taxi into position and hold 36R.' tower: no response. As we were nosing onto the runway, tower: 'air carrier X bif you are holding short of 36R?' pilot: 'no, bif was cleared into position and hold on 36R.' tower: 'air carrier bif you were not cleared into position. Air carrier X bh was cleared into position runway 36L, air carrier Y '?' go around.' air carrier Y: 'going around.' tower: 'continue into position and hold runway 36R.' pilot: 'air carrier X bif position and hold.' tower said he heard a carrier when he cleared air carrier X bh into position. He didn't realize it was I returning the message. No further incident happened. We continued to dtw with no problem. All above information is as correct as I remember. Controller avoided a possible incident, handled it well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT UNAUTH RWY ENTRY.

Narrative: HOLDING SHORT OF 36R IN MEM. INSTRUMENT APCHS IN PROGRESS. TWR: 'ACR X BIF TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD RWY 36R.' PLT: 'TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD 36R.' TWR: NO RESPONSE. AS WE WERE NOSING ONTO THE RWY, TWR: 'ACR X BIF YOU ARE HOLDING SHORT OF 36R?' PLT: 'NO, BIF WAS CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD ON 36R.' TWR: 'ACR BIF YOU WERE NOT CLRED INTO POS. ACR X BH WAS CLRED INTO POS RWY 36L, ACR Y '?' GO AROUND.' ACR Y: 'GOING AROUND.' TWR: 'CONTINUE INTO POS AND HOLD RWY 36R.' PLT: 'ACR X BIF POS AND HOLD.' TWR SAID HE HEARD A CARRIER WHEN HE CLRED ACR X BH INTO POS. HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS I RETURNING THE MESSAGE. NO FURTHER INCIDENT HAPPENED. WE CONTINUED TO DTW WITH NO PROB. ALL ABOVE INFO IS AS CORRECT AS I REMEMBER. CTLR AVOIDED A POSSIBLE INCIDENT, HANDLED IT WELL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.