Narrative:

On a visual approach to cvn to runway 12; no traffic was heard on the CTAF frequency. No traffic was observed in the traffic pattern nor on the landing runway. Captain made a radio call to CTAF on about a 5 mile final; no response from any other traffic was heard; no other traffic was visually observed in the area. Upon making a normal touchdown; applying full reverse; and using normal braking; I was unable turn off runway 12 on the first available taxiway. I decided to turn off onto runway 4/22 which was immediately following that taxiway. As I approached the runway intersection; I looked to the right and did not observe any traffic or vehicles on runway 4. I turned onto runway 4/22 and then exited the runway immediately at the very next available taxiway. As I exited the runway; the captain exclaimed that there was an aircraft holding in position on runway 4; preparing to depart runway 4. The remainder of the taxi in was uneventful. The other aircraft departed normally. During taxi in; the captain contacted the departing aircraft and asked if they were able to hear any of our communications and they stated that the only one they heard was the call while we were on the runway; taxiing onto runway 4 and exiting runway 4. We also stated that we did not hear any of their taxiing calls or departure calls. The captain and I discussed the severity of the situation. I must admit that it was a moment of complacency on my part. I did look to the right to clear the area; but did not look hard. Even as I was making the short taxi down runway 4/22 I did not notice the aircraft. I didn't notice it until I was making the right turn off the runway onto the taxiway and was able to see the aircraft from the side. This event could have had very serious consequences; and I am determined to focus on the 'hot spot' areas when looking outside in order to determine that not only are there no aircraft preparing to land on a runway; but that there isn't an aircraft (which may be difficult to see) holding and waiting for departure on a runway that I might need to cross or use for taxiing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew reported noticing another aircraft that they were not aware of holding for takeoff. There was apparently some communication difficulty on CTAF that prevented the two aircraft from hearing all transmissions.

Narrative: On a visual approach to CVN to Runway 12; no traffic was heard on the CTAF frequency. No traffic was observed in the traffic pattern nor on the landing runway. Captain made a radio call to CTAF on about a 5 mile final; no response from any other traffic was heard; no other traffic was visually observed in the area. Upon making a normal touchdown; applying full reverse; and using normal braking; I was unable turn off Runway 12 on the first available taxiway. I decided to turn off onto Runway 4/22 which was immediately following that taxiway. As I approached the runway intersection; I looked to the right and did not observe any traffic or vehicles on Runway 4. I turned onto Runway 4/22 and then exited the runway immediately at the very next available taxiway. As I exited the runway; the Captain exclaimed that there was an aircraft holding in position on Runway 4; preparing to depart Runway 4. The remainder of the taxi in was uneventful. The other aircraft departed normally. During taxi in; the Captain contacted the departing aircraft and asked if they were able to hear any of our communications and they stated that the only one they heard was the call while we were on the runway; taxiing onto Runway 4 and exiting Runway 4. We also stated that we did not hear any of their taxiing calls or departure calls. The Captain and I discussed the severity of the situation. I must admit that it was a moment of complacency on my part. I did look to the right to clear the area; but did not look hard. Even as I was making the short taxi down Runway 4/22 I did not notice the aircraft. I didn't notice it until I was making the right turn off the runway onto the taxiway and was able to see the aircraft from the side. This event could have had very serious consequences; and I am determined to focus on the 'hot spot' areas when looking outside in order to determine that not only are there no aircraft preparing to land on a runway; but that there isn't an aircraft (which may be difficult to see) holding and waiting for departure on a runway that I might need to cross or use for taxiing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.