Narrative:

I was captain on a cpr flight out of pit. My first officer was a qualified multi-thousand flight hour pilot with 5000+ hours of flight instruction given. While preparing our airplane for flight, our passenger unexpectedly arrived via van at plane-side. They were quite early. Not wanting to disappoint them, we packed all of the bags and seated everyone and started engines. We were cleared to taxi to runway 28C via taxiway north and taxiway east. Runways 28C&right were the active runways per the ATIS. I had the airport diagram in front of me and instructed my first officer to taxi toward taxiway N4 and turn left on taxiway north. I believed he understood all of the instructions as he heard the taxi clearance, too. As we taxied out of the ramp area toward taxiway N4, I began to complete our taxi checks and set up the cockpit instruments for takeoff. I was also figuring our takeoff performance numbers. As I was in the midst of figuring our takeoff performance, ground control called our tail number and stated that we were currently entering inactive runway 14/32 at taxiway N4. He said to continue taxiing down the runway and turn left on taxiway east. I apologized to the controller, and we followed his instructions and continued to runway 28C. We, the crew, allowed our early arriving passenger to pressure us into hurrying, when we should have taken the time necessary to complete checklists and performance numbers before leaving the ramp. I, the captain, while not flying, was not constantly aware of what the PF was doing. (I had my head down in the cockpit.) anyone is capable of making mistakes, even if my first officer has over twice the total flight time as I have. I should not assume that he is incapable of making that kind of mistake. Runway 14/32 was not an active runway at the time, but if it had been active, this could have been a very dangerous situation. Having had my head down in the cockpit, and not being familiar with pit (my first trip there), I don't know if the signage in that area of taxiway north, taxiway N4, and runway 14/32 is confusing or not. But my co-pilot was unaware that he had missed taxiway north when he entered the runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LR31 FLT CREW TAXIING FOR DEP AT PIT ENTERS RWY WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: I WAS CAPT ON A CPR FLT OUT OF PIT. MY FO WAS A QUALIFIED MULTI-THOUSAND FLT HR PLT WITH 5000+ HRS OF FLT INSTRUCTION GIVEN. WHILE PREPARING OUR AIRPLANE FOR FLT, OUR PAX UNEXPECTEDLY ARRIVED VIA VAN AT PLANE-SIDE. THEY WERE QUITE EARLY. NOT WANTING TO DISAPPOINT THEM, WE PACKED ALL OF THE BAGS AND SEATED EVERYONE AND STARTED ENGS. WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 28C VIA TXWY N AND TXWY E. RWYS 28C&R WERE THE ACTIVE RWYS PER THE ATIS. I HAD THE ARPT DIAGRAM IN FRONT OF ME AND INSTRUCTED MY FO TO TAXI TOWARD TXWY N4 AND TURN L ON TXWY N. I BELIEVED HE UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS AS HE HEARD THE TAXI CLRNC, TOO. AS WE TAXIED OUT OF THE RAMP AREA TOWARD TXWY N4, I BEGAN TO COMPLETE OUR TAXI CHKS AND SET UP THE COCKPIT INSTS FOR TKOF. I WAS ALSO FIGURING OUR TKOF PERFORMANCE NUMBERS. AS I WAS IN THE MIDST OF FIGURING OUR TKOF PERFORMANCE, GND CTL CALLED OUR TAIL NUMBER AND STATED THAT WE WERE CURRENTLY ENTERING INACTIVE RWY 14/32 AT TXWY N4. HE SAID TO CONTINUE TAXIING DOWN THE RWY AND TURN L ON TXWY E. I APOLOGIZED TO THE CTLR, AND WE FOLLOWED HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND CONTINUED TO RWY 28C. WE, THE CREW, ALLOWED OUR EARLY ARRIVING PAX TO PRESSURE US INTO HURRYING, WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE TIME NECESSARY TO COMPLETE CHKLISTS AND PERFORMANCE NUMBERS BEFORE LEAVING THE RAMP. I, THE CAPT, WHILE NOT FLYING, WAS NOT CONSTANTLY AWARE OF WHAT THE PF WAS DOING. (I HAD MY HEAD DOWN IN THE COCKPIT.) ANYONE IS CAPABLE OF MAKING MISTAKES, EVEN IF MY FO HAS OVER TWICE THE TOTAL FLT TIME AS I HAVE. I SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT HE IS INCAPABLE OF MAKING THAT KIND OF MISTAKE. RWY 14/32 WAS NOT AN ACTIVE RWY AT THE TIME, BUT IF IT HAD BEEN ACTIVE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SIT. HAVING HAD MY HEAD DOWN IN THE COCKPIT, AND NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH PIT (MY FIRST TRIP THERE), I DON'T KNOW IF THE SIGNAGE IN THAT AREA OF TXWY N, TXWY N4, AND RWY 14/32 IS CONFUSING OR NOT. BUT MY CO-PLT WAS UNAWARE THAT HE HAD MISSED TXWY N WHEN HE ENTERED THE RWY.

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.