Runway transgress during taxi out.

Attributes
ACN	319470
Time
Date	199510
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : orh
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	ATR 42
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	319470
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared to taxi from the gate to runway 29. I had to start the #1 engine which the captain delegated to me to start, perform the taxi checklist, and begin to prepare for the takeoff checklist all in a relatively short period. After I started the #1 engine (my head was deep in the cockpit watching the itt and covering the condition lever and ecu button with my hands) I looked up and realized we had just crossed runway 29 without a clearance to do so. I asked the captain and he confirmed we had just crossed runway 29. I told him clearance to taxi meant, could cross all runway except the runway cleared to. The captain I believe was used to operation at much larger airports where a 'cleared to taxi to runway' would not cross that runway. He seemed unfamiliar with the taxi clearance definition. I believe at airports where txwys cross the active runway when taxiing to the active runway, an additional reminder should be included such as hold short of runway, to enhance safety. Perhaps I should have waited until we were on the other side of the runway to start the engine. To my knowledge there were no other aircraft operating at worcester airport area at that time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY TRANSGRESS DURING TAXI OUT.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI FROM THE GATE TO RWY 29. I HAD TO START THE #1 ENG WHICH THE CAPT DELEGATED TO ME TO START, PERFORM THE TAXI CHKLIST, AND BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR THE TKOF CHKLIST ALL IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD. AFTER I STARTED THE #1 ENG (MY HEAD WAS DEEP IN THE COCKPIT WATCHING THE ITT AND COVERING THE CONDITION LEVER AND ECU BUTTON WITH MY HANDS) I LOOKED UP AND REALIZED WE HAD JUST CROSSED RWY 29 WITHOUT A CLRNC TO DO SO. I ASKED THE CAPT AND HE CONFIRMED WE HAD JUST CROSSED RWY 29. I TOLD HIM CLRNC TO TAXI MEANT, COULD CROSS ALL RWY EXCEPT THE RWY CLRED TO. THE CAPT I BELIEVE WAS USED TO OP AT MUCH LARGER ARPTS WHERE A 'CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY' WOULD NOT CROSS THAT RWY. HE SEEMED UNFAMILIAR WITH THE TAXI CLRNC DEFINITION. I BELIEVE AT ARPTS WHERE TXWYS CROSS THE ACTIVE RWY WHEN TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE RWY, AN ADDITIONAL REMINDER SHOULD BE INCLUDED SUCH AS HOLD SHORT OF RWY, TO ENHANCE SAFETY. PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL WE WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RWY TO START THE ENG. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT OPERATING AT WORCESTER ARPT AREA AT THAT TIME.

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.