<< >> NASA ASRS Report 515383, June 2001

Captain of B737 became confused during taxi for takeoff and taxied to the wrong runway resulting in crossing another runway without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	515383
Time
Date	200106
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bwi.airport
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
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 : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 620
ASRS Report	1350
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Ground instructed us to taxi to runway 15R, and that the air carrier Y jet would follow us. I repeated the instructions back to ground and then repeated the instructions to the captain. The captain acknowledged. We both visually acknowledged the air carrier Y jet. I went heads down to finish inputting the numbers into the FMS. As I was inputting the numbers, I heard the captain say something. When I looked up to see what he was referring to, it appeared we were taxiing to runway 28 when we were cleared to runway 15. At that time we had just crossed runway 4/22. The captain apologized. Ground said no problem and gave us new taxi instructions from our present position.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF B737 BECAME CONFUSED DURING TAXI FOR TKOF AND TAXIED TO THE WRONG RWY RESULTING IN XING ANOTHER RWY WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: GND INSTRUCTED US TO TAXI TO RWY 15R, AND THAT THE ACR Y JET WOULD FOLLOW US. I REPEATED THE INSTRUCTIONS BACK TO GND AND THEN REPEATED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CAPT. THE CAPT ACKNOWLEDGED. WE BOTH VISUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE ACR Y JET. I WENT HEADS DOWN TO FINISH INPUTTING THE NUMBERS INTO THE FMS. AS I WAS INPUTTING THE NUMBERS, I HEARD THE CAPT SAY SOMETHING. WHEN I LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO, IT APPEARED WE WERE TAXIING TO RWY 28 WHEN WE WERE CLRED TO RWY 15. AT THAT TIME WE HAD JUST CROSSED RWY 4/22. THE CAPT APOLOGIZED. GND SAID NO PROB AND GAVE US NEW TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM OUR PRESENT POS.

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.