Medium large transport crew took the wrong taxiway on taxi in.

Attributes
ACN	441420
Time
Date	199906
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 22 flight time total : 5300 flight time type : 22
ASRS Report	441420
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	excursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After landing from my first IOE flight. I contacted ground control. We were given instructions to the ramp which contained 2 different txwys. I started the after landing flow and checklist as commanded by the captain. Seconds later ground control told us that we were on the wrong taxiway and to stop to allow another aircraft to exit the runway to our left. Contributing factors: new to airport, last flight of day, IOE, reading checklist at a point where I should have been helping and watching the captain. Corrective actions: pay more attention outside than inside when initiating taxi instructions. Complete checklist when safe to do so.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG CREW TOOK THE WRONG TXWY ON TAXI IN.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG FROM MY FIRST IOE FLT. I CONTACTED GND CTL. WE WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE RAMP WHICH CONTAINED 2 DIFFERENT TXWYS. I STARTED THE AFTER LNDG FLOW AND CHKLIST AS COMMANDED BY THE CAPT. SECONDS LATER GND CTL TOLD US THAT WE WERE ON THE WRONG TXWY AND TO STOP TO ALLOW ANOTHER ACFT TO EXIT THE RWY TO OUR L. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: NEW TO ARPT, LAST FLT OF DAY, IOE, READING CHKLIST AT A POINT WHERE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELPING AND WATCHING THE CAPT. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: PAY MORE ATTN OUTSIDE THAN INSIDE WHEN INITIATING TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. COMPLETE CHKLIST WHEN SAFE TO DO SO.

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.