Flight crew of a taxiing DC9 fail to follow 2 consecutive clrncs from the ground controller.

Attributes
ACN	370370
Time
Date	199705
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
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	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	370370
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

At clt, cleared to taxi to runway 18L from spot X. Instead of taking taxiway M, captain taxied via ramp towards taxiway C11. Realizing his mistake, he stopped. I called ground control and said we were turning back to taxiway M. I thought ground said 'if continuing on ramp, contact ramp at spot B.' since we went back to taxiway M, I stayed with ground control. Ground then said that we were supposed to contact ramp at spot B. He then cleared us to taxi to runway 18L, via taxiway M. This was a communication breakdown between us and ground control.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A TAXIING DC9 FAIL TO FOLLOW 2 CONSECUTIVE CLRNCS FROM THE GND CTLR.

Narrative: AT CLT, CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 18L FROM SPOT X. INSTEAD OF TAKING TXWY M, CAPT TAXIED VIA RAMP TOWARDS TXWY C11. REALIZING HIS MISTAKE, HE STOPPED. I CALLED GND CTL AND SAID WE WERE TURNING BACK TO TXWY M. I THOUGHT GND SAID 'IF CONTINUING ON RAMP, CONTACT RAMP AT SPOT B.' SINCE WE WENT BACK TO TXWY M, I STAYED WITH GND CTL. GND THEN SAID THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CONTACT RAMP AT SPOT B. HE THEN CLRED US TO TAXI TO RWY 18L, VIA TXWY M. THIS WAS A COM BREAKDOWN BTWN US AND GND CTL.

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.