Narrative:

Flight landed ewr at PM37 local on runway 22L and exited runway on first high speed taxiway. Tower told crew to turn left on taxiway P (parallel taxiway between runways 22L and 22R) and hold short of taxiway north. Traffic on taxiway north called tower and said they could not get by our aircraft. Tower then told us to taxi onto taxiway north and asked us in future to hold short further back on taxiway P. We turned right on taxiway north and apologized for not holding further back on taxiway P. We taxied across runway 22R at which time controller told us 'we just blew it' and please call the tower on the phone when we got to our ramp. When tower told us to taxi onto taxiway north, I thought I heard him say 'cross runway 22R' but apparently this was not the case. A heavy jet was on the roll at the far end of the runway and took off over the top of our aircraft missing us by approximately 200 ft vertically. This incident occurred in VMC conditions at PM30 local time. Radio frequency in use was not congested. Pilots were a bit fatigued but that is normal at this time of day. The only contributing factor I can think of is that preoccupation with not holding short far enough back on taxiway P and slight fatigue led me to mishear controller when I was told to taxi onto taxiway north and believed I had been told to cross runway 22R.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN F27 FREIGHTER TAXIES ACROSS RWY 22R AT EWR WHEN PIC MISINTERPRETS HIS TAXI CLRNC FROM GND CTLR. A DEPARTING B747 TAKING OFF CROSSES OVER THEM WITH A 200 FT VERT SEPARATION.

Narrative: FLT LANDED EWR AT PM37 LCL ON RWY 22L AND EXITED RWY ON FIRST HIGH SPD TXWY. TWR TOLD CREW TO TURN L ON TXWY P (PARALLEL TXWY BTWN RWYS 22L AND 22R) AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY N. TFC ON TXWY N CALLED TWR AND SAID THEY COULD NOT GET BY OUR ACFT. TWR THEN TOLD US TO TAXI ONTO TXWY N AND ASKED US IN FUTURE TO HOLD SHORT FURTHER BACK ON TXWY P. WE TURNED R ON TXWY N AND APOLOGIZED FOR NOT HOLDING FURTHER BACK ON TXWY P. WE TAXIED ACROSS RWY 22R AT WHICH TIME CTLR TOLD US 'WE JUST BLEW IT' AND PLEASE CALL THE TWR ON THE PHONE WHEN WE GOT TO OUR RAMP. WHEN TWR TOLD US TO TAXI ONTO TXWY N, I THOUGHT I HEARD HIM SAY 'CROSS RWY 22R' BUT APPARENTLY THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. A HVY JET WAS ON THE ROLL AT THE FAR END OF THE RWY AND TOOK OFF OVER THE TOP OF OUR ACFT MISSING US BY APPROX 200 FT VERTLY. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN VMC CONDITIONS AT PM30 LCL TIME. RADIO FREQ IN USE WAS NOT CONGESTED. PLTS WERE A BIT FATIGUED BUT THAT IS NORMAL AT THIS TIME OF DAY. THE ONLY CONTRIBUTING FACTOR I CAN THINK OF IS THAT PREOCCUPATION WITH NOT HOLDING SHORT FAR ENOUGH BACK ON TXWY P AND SLIGHT FATIGUE LED ME TO MISHEAR CTLR WHEN I WAS TOLD TO TAXI ONTO TXWY N AND BELIEVED I HAD BEEN TOLD TO CROSS RWY 22R.

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.