A300 flight crew has runway incursion at ord.

Attributes
ACN	570722
Time
Date	200212
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
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 : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	570722
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon taxi out at ord, we were given a runway change. We had been told to hold short of an active runway. I was reloading the FMS for the new runway. When I looked up, the captain was halfway across the runway we had been told to hold short of. We continued across and stopped on the other side. ATC issued continued instructions without mention of the incursion. Flight continued without incident. The distraction of course was that both pilots were not watching outside due to the runway change. The A300 requires several checks and changes when a runway change is issued. Unfortunately, stopping on an active taxiway would not be an option. Perhaps all changes could be delayed until a stop is appropriate -- so that both pilots' eyes were outside at all times.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 FLT CREW HAS RWY INCURSION AT ORD.

Narrative: UPON TAXI OUT AT ORD, WE WERE GIVEN A RWY CHANGE. WE HAD BEEN TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF AN ACTIVE RWY. I WAS RELOADING THE FMS FOR THE NEW RWY. WHEN I LOOKED UP, THE CAPT WAS HALFWAY ACROSS THE RWY WE HAD BEEN TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF. WE CONTINUED ACROSS AND STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE. ATC ISSUED CONTINUED INSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT MENTION OF THE INCURSION. FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE DISTR OF COURSE WAS THAT BOTH PLTS WERE NOT WATCHING OUTSIDE DUE TO THE RWY CHANGE. THE A300 REQUIRES SEVERAL CHKS AND CHANGES WHEN A RWY CHANGE IS ISSUED. UNFORTUNATELY, STOPPING ON AN ACTIVE TXWY WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION. PERHAPS ALL CHANGES COULD BE DELAYED UNTIL A STOP IS APPROPRIATE -- SO THAT BOTH PLTS' EYES WERE OUTSIDE AT ALL TIMES.

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.