<< >> NASA ASRS Report 534283, January 2002

An air cargo flight crew takes the wrong turn and ends up on taxiway M instead of taxiway a, runway 1R, and advises ATC of holding short of runway 1L at sfo, ca.

Attributes
ACN	534283
Time
Date	200201
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sfo.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 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 : private pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	534283
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 7000
ASRS Report	534284
Events
Anomaly	incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Crew misinterped signage and commercial chart to mistake taxiway M for taxiway a extension. Held short of runway 1L on taxiway M and informed tower of error.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIR CARGO FLC TAKES THE WRONG TURN AND ENDS UP ON TXWY M INSTEAD OF TXWY A, RWY 1R, AND ADVISES ATC OF HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 1L AT SFO, CA.

Narrative: CREW MISINTERPED SIGNAGE AND COMMERCIAL CHART TO MISTAKE TXWY M FOR TXWY A EXTENSION. HELD SHORT OF RWY 1L ON TXWY M AND INFORMED TWR OF ERROR.

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.