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Erj-170 captain reported deviating from assigned taxi route; and commented that it was unsafe to have a captain acting as a first officer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1291292 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| 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 | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
From [the] gate [we were] instructed to hold short of RA and contact ground. Ground control's instructions were to taxi to 4L via B; rb; short of PA. After we were established on B we saw PA straight ahead and remembered our instructions to hold short of PA. We continued towards it and after missing our turn at rb; ground advised us that we had gone the wrong way.I believe having a captain flying as an first officer is a safety problem waiting to happen. While I cannot adequately explain here how this affected our situation; I do believe that it played a role. The taxiway layout in newark is confusing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ERJ-170 Captain reported deviating from assigned taxi route; and commented that it was unsafe to have a Captain acting as a First Officer.
Narrative: From [the] gate [we were] instructed to hold short of RA and contact ground. Ground control's instructions were to taxi to 4L via B; RB; short of PA. After we were established on B we saw PA straight ahead and remembered our instructions to hold short of PA. We continued towards it and after missing our turn at RB; ground advised us that we had gone the wrong way.I believe having a Captain flying as an FO is a safety problem waiting to happen. While I cannot adequately explain here how this affected our situation; I do believe that it played a role. The taxiway layout in Newark is confusing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.