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A DC10 crew, taxiing for takeoff at ewr, followed preceding aircraft to the runway's end instead of using an intersection as ATC had planned.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 564648 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ewr.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 35 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 35 |
| ASRS Report | 564648 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Ground controller gave us taxi instructions to runway 22R at ewr, 'taxi via taxiway a, taxiway B, taxiway right up to and hold short of runway 22R. You are #4 for departure.' on takeoff roll was a B737 (runway 22R), holding short was a B737 and a B727. We proceeded across runway 11 and held behind the B727. The ground controller then asked us why we had proceeded to the end of runway 22R. He was planning on us to take off at intersection west on runway 22R which is prior to runway 11. We informed him that our understanding was to taxi to the end of runway 22R. When we saw the 3 aircraft in front of us using the full length of runway 22R it made sense to us that we were to use the full length also. The ground controller never emphasized that we were to depart an intersection west.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC10 CREW, TAXIING FOR TKOF AT EWR, FOLLOWED PRECEDING ACFT TO THE RWY'S END INSTEAD OF USING AN INTXN AS ATC HAD PLANNED.
Narrative: GND CTLR GAVE US TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO RWY 22R AT EWR, 'TAXI VIA TXWY A, TXWY B, TXWY R UP TO AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 22R. YOU ARE #4 FOR DEP.' ON TKOF ROLL WAS A B737 (RWY 22R), HOLDING SHORT WAS A B737 AND A B727. WE PROCEEDED ACROSS RWY 11 AND HELD BEHIND THE B727. THE GND CTLR THEN ASKED US WHY WE HAD PROCEEDED TO THE END OF RWY 22R. HE WAS PLANNING ON US TO TAKE OFF AT INTXN W ON RWY 22R WHICH IS PRIOR TO RWY 11. WE INFORMED HIM THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS TO TAXI TO THE END OF RWY 22R. WHEN WE SAW THE 3 ACFT IN FRONT OF US USING THE FULL LENGTH OF RWY 22R IT MADE SENSE TO US THAT WE WERE TO USE THE FULL LENGTH ALSO. THE GND CTLR NEVER EMPHASIZED THAT WE WERE TO DEPART AN INTXN W.
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.