A late runway change; fatigue and an inability to fully brief their runway exit plan resulted in an ...

Narrative:

After landing on runway 9 in mia; we exited onto taxiway T5. We were directed by tower to turn left onto taxiway T. For some reason the entire crew; while looking ahead of the airplane; saw taxiway signage indicating that taxiway T was ahead of us and misinterpreted ATC's instructions to turn left. Instead I taxied ahead toward the short section of taxiway T that lay on the other side of runway 12; which was active. Assuming we had clearance to cross runway 12 I scanned to the left and saw a regional jet on final. It seemed like it was too close and so I advanced power so as to cross the runway as rapidly as possible. Just as we began to clear the runway tower sent the other aircraft around and then asked us why we had not turned left as instructed.I think it was just a lack of attention to detail; perhaps made worse by fatigue brought on by the odd operating hours of our duty period. Also; I had just taken control of the jet from the co-pilot who had done the landing and my total attention was not on ATC when the clearance was transmitted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A late runway change; fatigue and an inability to fully brief their runway exit plan resulted in an Air Carrier flight crew crossing Runway 12 on T5 at MIA; vice holding short as cleared.

Narrative: After landing on Runway 9 in MIA; we exited onto Taxiway T5. We were directed by Tower to turn left onto Taxiway T. For some reason the entire crew; while looking ahead of the airplane; saw taxiway signage indicating that Taxiway T was ahead of us and misinterpreted ATC's instructions to turn left. Instead I taxied ahead toward the short section of Taxiway T that lay on the other side of Runway 12; which was active. Assuming we had clearance to cross Runway 12 I scanned to the left and saw a regional jet on final. It seemed like it was too close and so I advanced power so as to cross the runway as rapidly as possible. Just as we began to clear the runway Tower sent the other aircraft around and then asked us why we had not turned left as instructed.I think it was just a lack of attention to detail; perhaps made worse by fatigue brought on by the odd operating hours of our duty period. Also; I had just taken control of the jet from the co-pilot who had done the landing and my total attention was not on ATC when the clearance was transmitted.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	990710
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

A late runway change; fatigue and an inability to fully brief their runway exit plan resulted in an air carrier flight crew crossing runway 12 on T5 at mia; vice holding short as cleared.