Narrative:

Operating as flight cle-stl. Flight pushed from gate at cle, was cleared to taxi to runway 5L, but hold short of runway 5R at taxiway north. I departed the ramp on taxiway south, but missed my turn onto taxiway left, the parallel. Instead, I went straight toward runway 5R. I realized my error and had stopped the aircraft with the nose maybe 2 ft across the line when the ground/tower controller said 'hold it right there, air carrier xy'. He then cleared the aircraft landing on runway 5R to switch over to runway 5L. The controller then allowed us to taxi southwest on runway 5R to runway 18 to taxiway left, then to runway 5L as previously cleared. I have operated in and out of cle since we started service there. I knew better than to go straight on taxiway south, but I think I was overly tired due to an unplanned, 3 hour ground hold at the beginning of our work day in slc. In addition, I must have been distraction momentarily by something in the cockpit during taxi. The controller seemed unconcerned, and probably will not write this all up. We thanked him for a job well done. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter called back and stated that the controllers at cle were very alert. As he was braking the aircraft the ground controller was telling him to hold short and the local controller was already shifting the landing traffic to runway 5L from runway 5R. He said that the signage could be better at that area of taxiway south and taxiway left, since it is quite a wide area. When asked, he stated that he wasn't certain as to what his distraction was at the time but most likely was some level of involvement with the checklist as that is the place it would occur.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING A NIGHT OP A B737 FLC FAILS TO FOLLOW TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FOR RWY 5L AT CLE ARPT. PIC TAXIES STRAIGHT AHEAD AT TXWY S AND STOPS ACFT WITH NOSE OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF RWY 5R. CTLR NOTES THIS AND THEN ISSUES NEW TAXI CLRNC FOR ACFT.

Narrative: OPERATING AS FLT CLE-STL. FLT PUSHED FROM GATE AT CLE, WAS CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 5L, BUT HOLD SHORT OF RWY 5R AT TXWY N. I DEPARTED THE RAMP ON TXWY S, BUT MISSED MY TURN ONTO TXWY L, THE PARALLEL. INSTEAD, I WENT STRAIGHT TOWARD RWY 5R. I REALIZED MY ERROR AND HAD STOPPED THE ACFT WITH THE NOSE MAYBE 2 FT ACROSS THE LINE WHEN THE GND/TWR CTLR SAID 'HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, ACR XY'. HE THEN CLRED THE ACFT LNDG ON RWY 5R TO SWITCH OVER TO RWY 5L. THE CTLR THEN ALLOWED US TO TAXI SW ON RWY 5R TO RWY 18 TO TXWY L, THEN TO RWY 5L AS PREVIOUSLY CLRED. I HAVE OPERATED IN AND OUT OF CLE SINCE WE STARTED SVC THERE. I KNEW BETTER THAN TO GO STRAIGHT ON TXWY S, BUT I THINK I WAS OVERLY TIRED DUE TO AN UNPLANNED, 3 HR GND HOLD AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR WORK DAY IN SLC. IN ADDITION, I MUST HAVE BEEN DISTR MOMENTARILY BY SOMETHING IN THE COCKPIT DURING TAXI. THE CTLR SEEMED UNCONCERNED, AND PROBABLY WILL NOT WRITE THIS ALL UP. WE THANKED HIM FOR A JOB WELL DONE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR CALLED BACK AND STATED THAT THE CTLRS AT CLE WERE VERY ALERT. AS HE WAS BRAKING THE ACFT THE GND CTLR WAS TELLING HIM TO HOLD SHORT AND THE LCL CTLR WAS ALREADY SHIFTING THE LNDG TFC TO RWY 5L FROM RWY 5R. HE SAID THAT THE SIGNAGE COULD BE BETTER AT THAT AREA OF TXWY S AND TXWY L, SINCE IT IS QUITE A WIDE AREA. WHEN ASKED, HE STATED THAT HE WASN'T CERTAIN AS TO WHAT HIS DISTR WAS AT THE TIME BUT MOST LIKELY WAS SOME LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHKLIST AS THAT IS THE PLACE IT WOULD OCCUR.

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.