Medium large transport taxied across inactive runway without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	162858
Time
Date	199011
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	162858
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	163053
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While taxiing out of the clt terminal ramp, ground control gave us a clearance that was different than following the outbnd flow of the other aircraft. We heard what we expected to hear and misunderstood a clearance to taxi across a taxiway behind another aircraft as a clearance to taxi across a runway behind the other aircraft. As a result, we taxied across an inactive runway west/O a clearance. Supplemental information from acn 163053: contributing factors was failure of both crew members to delay checklists until across all runways en route to active departure runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG TAXIED ACROSS INACTIVE RWY WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING OUT OF THE CLT TERMINAL RAMP, GND CTL GAVE US A CLRNC THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN FOLLOWING THE OUTBND FLOW OF THE OTHER ACFT. WE HEARD WHAT WE EXPECTED TO HEAR AND MISUNDERSTOOD A CLRNC TO TAXI ACROSS A TXWY BEHIND ANOTHER ACFT AS A CLRNC TO TAXI ACROSS A RWY BEHIND THE OTHER ACFT. AS A RESULT, WE TAXIED ACROSS AN INACTIVE RWY W/O A CLRNC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 163053: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WAS FAILURE OF BOTH CREW MEMBERS TO DELAY CHKLISTS UNTIL ACROSS ALL RWYS ENRTE TO ACTIVE DEP RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.