An air carrier flight crew reported turning down the wrong taxiway in stl because of fatigue and dis...

Attributes
ACN	853702
Time
Date	200909
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	STL.Airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 1200
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 33 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

I was informed that myself and the first officer would be ferrying an aircraft for repairs. When I talked to crew scheduling I had asked them to ACARS us our hotel and deadhead flight information. (I assumed I would receive the information while we were airborne). After all the maintenance paperwork had been completed and dispatch release had been received we pushed back from the gate. We received our taxi clearance: 'left turn on charlie; left turn on sierra taxi to runway 29.' both pilots had their charts out and discussed the taxi route. As we taxied we completed the before take off check list. We were approaching taxiway south when we received an unexpected ACARS message from crew scheduling. Both pilots looked down at the message while we were still moving. I taxied past south taxiway and turned left on taxiway tango to runway 29. At no time did we cause a traffic conflict with other aircraft or ground vehicles. The event took place due to the onset of fatigue; a non-standard operation and a minor ACARS distraction. In short it was a long duty day; I was tired and felt a self imposed sense of urgency to get the plane to the maintenance station for repairs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew reported turning down the wrong taxiway in STL because of fatigue and distraction.

Narrative: I was informed that myself and the First Officer would be ferrying an aircraft for repairs. When I talked to crew scheduling I had asked them to ACARS us our hotel and deadhead flight information. (I assumed I would receive the information while we were airborne). After all the maintenance paperwork had been completed and dispatch release had been received we pushed back from the gate. We received our taxi clearance: 'left turn on Charlie; left turn on Sierra taxi to Runway 29.' Both pilots had their charts out and discussed the taxi route. As we taxied we completed the before take off check list. We were approaching Taxiway S when we received an unexpected ACARS message from crew scheduling. Both pilots looked down at the message while we were still moving. I taxied past S Taxiway and turned left on Taxiway Tango to Runway 29. At no time did we cause a traffic conflict with other aircraft or ground vehicles. The event took place due to the onset of fatigue; a non-standard operation and a minor ACARS distraction. In short it was a long duty day; I was tired and felt a self imposed sense of urgency to get the plane to the maintenance station for repairs.

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.

An air carrier flight crew reported turning down the wrong taxiway in stl because of fatigue and distraction.