DC9-30 was told to hold short of a taxiway but crossed it and taxied to gate without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	352540
Time
Date	199611
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 30
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	352540
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Shortly after landing ground control issued a taxi clearance to hold short of a taxiway. The taxiway we were to hold short of had a long line of aircraft waiting for takeoff during the evening bank. Ground control was very busy issuing taxi clrncs that it was nearly impossible to get a word in 'edgewise' so we could cross the taxiway and proceed to our gate. The captain edged his way through the line. I mentioned our hold short instructions and he acted ambivalent about the whole thing and we taxied to the gate without incident. When I questioned him about this he stated that he did not know we were to hold short. I should have been more forceful about the hold short clearance and forced a direct response from him about his intentions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9-30 WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF A TXWY BUT CROSSED IT AND TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER LNDG GND CTL ISSUED A TAXI CLRNC TO HOLD SHORT OF A TXWY. THE TXWY WE WERE TO HOLD SHORT OF HAD A LONG LINE OF ACFT WAITING FOR TKOF DURING THE EVENING BANK. GND CTL WAS VERY BUSY ISSUING TAXI CLRNCS THAT IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A WORD IN 'EDGEWISE' SO WE COULD CROSS THE TXWY AND PROCEED TO OUR GATE. THE CAPT EDGED HIS WAY THROUGH THE LINE. I MENTIONED OUR HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS AND HE ACTED AMBIVALENT ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AND WE TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHEN I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THIS HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WE WERE TO HOLD SHORT. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FORCEFUL ABOUT THE HOLD SHORT CLRNC AND FORCED A DIRECT RESPONSE FROM HIM ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS.

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.