DC10 crew turned down runway 1L-1R instead of taxiway F at las.

Attributes
ACN	537834
Time
Date	200202
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las.airport
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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 last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	537834
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

From the international terminal in las, cleared to cross runway 1R&left on taxiway south, then turn left on taxiway F to runway 7L. Instead of turning left on taxiway F, we turned left on runway 1L and back-taxied on an active runway. Turned off at the nearest exit. We seldom use runway 7L. Runway 1R&left has 4 parallel txwys. Others have made mistakes. Very confusing at night when unfamiliar.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10 CREW TURNED DOWN RWY 1L-1R INSTEAD OF TXWY F AT LAS.

Narrative: FROM THE INTL TERMINAL IN LAS, CLRED TO CROSS RWY 1R&L ON TXWY S, THEN TURN L ON TXWY F TO RWY 7L. INSTEAD OF TURNING L ON TXWY F, WE TURNED L ON RWY 1L AND BACK-TAXIED ON AN ACTIVE RWY. TURNED OFF AT THE NEAREST EXIT. WE SELDOM USE RWY 7L. RWY 1R&L HAS 4 PARALLEL TXWYS. OTHERS HAVE MADE MISTAKES. VERY CONFUSING AT NIGHT WHEN UNFAMILIAR.

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.