Narrative:

First officer called for taxi clearance from ground control 'taxi a hold short of taxiway G.' instead of making a left turn on taxiway a I made a right turn and was now holding short of taxiway F and in the ILS critical area when ground control queried us as to why we were at taxiway F instead of taxiway G. We told them we had made a wrong turn and were awaiting further instructions. We then received clearance to taxi quickly across runways 25L and 25R, taxi full length to runway 25R. I have been flying into and out of lax for the past 5 yrs, I don't think I have departed from any other runway besides runways 25L and 25R, our facility is close and thus our desire to use these 2 runways. Having taxied to these runways many times in the past I felt no need to consult my taxi chart and taxied the usual route, when the first officer asked me if I knew where taxiway G was, I replied 'of course, been doing this route for yrs,' it's right after taxiway F. We then discovered there was no taxiway beyond taxiway F and now consulted our taxi charts. We were stuck at taxiway F. Moral of the story -- complacency has no place in the cockpit -- one crew member should always verify route against taxi chart no matter how many times you have been into or out of an airport. Controller could have stated -- left on taxiway a, hold short of taxiway G.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF WDB MAKES A TURN IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN TAXIING AND TAXIES BEYOND THE HOLD LINE, IN THE ILS CRITICAL AREA.

Narrative: FO CALLED FOR TAXI CLRNC FROM GND CTL 'TAXI A HOLD SHORT OF TXWY G.' INSTEAD OF MAKING A L TURN ON TXWY A I MADE A R TURN AND WAS NOW HOLDING SHORT OF TXWY F AND IN THE ILS CRITICAL AREA WHEN GND CTL QUERIED US AS TO WHY WE WERE AT TXWY F INSTEAD OF TXWY G. WE TOLD THEM WE HAD MADE A WRONG TURN AND WERE AWAITING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. WE THEN RECEIVED CLRNC TO TAXI QUICKLY ACROSS RWYS 25L AND 25R, TAXI FULL LENGTH TO RWY 25R. I HAVE BEEN FLYING INTO AND OUT OF LAX FOR THE PAST 5 YRS, I DON'T THINK I HAVE DEPARTED FROM ANY OTHER RWY BESIDES RWYS 25L AND 25R, OUR FACILITY IS CLOSE AND THUS OUR DESIRE TO USE THESE 2 RWYS. HAVING TAXIED TO THESE RWYS MANY TIMES IN THE PAST I FELT NO NEED TO CONSULT MY TAXI CHART AND TAXIED THE USUAL RTE, WHEN THE FO ASKED ME IF I KNEW WHERE TXWY G WAS, I REPLIED 'OF COURSE, BEEN DOING THIS RTE FOR YRS,' IT'S RIGHT AFTER TXWY F. WE THEN DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO TXWY BEYOND TXWY F AND NOW CONSULTED OUR TAXI CHARTS. WE WERE STUCK AT TXWY F. MORAL OF THE STORY -- COMPLACENCY HAS NO PLACE IN THE COCKPIT -- ONE CREW MEMBER SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY RTE AGAINST TAXI CHART NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE BEEN INTO OR OUT OF AN ARPT. CTLR COULD HAVE STATED -- L ON TXWY A, HOLD SHORT OF TXWY G.

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.