Narrative:

Problem arose because crew was distracted and in too much of a hurry for takeoff. Contributing factors: captain was not following air carrier procedure, inactive runway was not well marked. Crew was behind and not focused. How it was discovered: tower controller. Corrective action: stopped aircraft before crossing onto runway and into landing aircraft's flight path. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter is a new first officer on the MD80, having finished upgrade in march 1997. His captain has 2 yrs to go before retirement and seems not to care any more. The reporter taxied out taxiway J to runway 28 to hold short on runway 28 for landing traffic on runway 23L. They were then to cross runway 23L to takeoff on runway 23R. The ATCT local controller told the reporter to stop. An air carrier approaching runway 23L had to go around. The captain was asked to call cle tower at the next stop. The captain found that this same thing had happened 8 times in the last 2 months. The reporter believes that a lighting system as at stl might help. The reporter has not heard from the FAA on this yet. He is now aware of the FAA safety hotline.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MD80 CAUSED ANOTHER ACR TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION GAR WHEN IT TAXIED PAST AN UNMARKED HOLD SHORT POINT.

Narrative: PROB AROSE BECAUSE CREW WAS DISTRACTED AND IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY FOR TKOF. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: CAPT WAS NOT FOLLOWING ACR PROC, INACTIVE RWY WAS NOT WELL MARKED. CREW WAS BEHIND AND NOT FOCUSED. HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED: TWR CTLR. CORRECTIVE ACTION: STOPPED ACFT BEFORE XING ONTO RWY AND INTO LNDG ACFT'S FLT PATH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR IS A NEW FO ON THE MD80, HAVING FINISHED UPGRADE IN MARCH 1997. HIS CAPT HAS 2 YRS TO GO BEFORE RETIREMENT AND SEEMS NOT TO CARE ANY MORE. THE RPTR TAXIED OUT TXWY J TO RWY 28 TO HOLD SHORT ON RWY 28 FOR LNDG TFC ON RWY 23L. THEY WERE THEN TO CROSS RWY 23L TO TKOF ON RWY 23R. THE ATCT LCL CTLR TOLD THE RPTR TO STOP. AN ACR APCHING RWY 23L HAD TO GAR. THE CAPT WAS ASKED TO CALL CLE TWR AT THE NEXT STOP. THE CAPT FOUND THAT THIS SAME THING HAD HAPPENED 8 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT A LIGHTING SYS AS AT STL MIGHT HELP. THE RPTR HAS NOT HEARD FROM THE FAA ON THIS YET. HE IS NOW AWARE OF THE FAA SAFETY HOTLINE.

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.