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Captain of an medium large transport mistakenly took taxiway east instead of taxiway B during taxi out at sfo resulting in ground controller catching error before the reporter crossed an active runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500270 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sfo.tower |
| 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 : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 10511 |
| ASRS Report | 500270 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert controller : provided flight assist |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Taxi instructions were 'taxi to runway 1R via taxiway a, taxiway F, and taxiway B.' the captain mistakenly took taxiway east instead of taxiway B.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MLG MISTAKENLY TOOK TXWY E INSTEAD OF TXWY B DURING TAXI OUT AT SFO RESULTING IN GND CTLR CATCHING ERROR BEFORE THE RPTR CROSSED AN ACTIVE RWY.
Narrative: TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE 'TAXI TO RWY 1R VIA TXWY A, TXWY F, AND TXWY B.' THE CAPT MISTAKENLY TOOK TXWY E INSTEAD OF TXWY B.
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.