2 MAN ACR LGT UNAUTHORIZED RWY ENTRY.

Date: 1991-12 · Aircraft: Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

2 MAN ACR LGT UNAUTHORIZED RWY ENTRY.

Narrative

THE FLT WAS ROUTINE SFO-PDX. GND CTL CLRED US (FREQ 121.8) TO 'RWY 1R VIA INNER.' AT ABOUT F INTXN GND TOLD US TO MONITOR 124.25. WE STOPPED ON INNER F WAITING FOR LGT Y ON INNER TO CLR. I ASKED THE CTLR ON 124.25 IF HE WANTED US TO TRANSITION TO THE OUTER AROUND LGT Y AND THE RESPONSE 'ACR IDENT YOU WERE CLRED INNER F OUTER.' THIS WAS NOT THE CASE; BUT I MADE NO COMMENT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; THE CTLR ASKED US IF WE COULD TAKE 1L FOR TKOF. WE COULD; BUT THE END OF 1L WAS NOW VERY CLOSE AND THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST WAS NOT YET COMPLETED. DURING THIS TIME; I READ THE CHKLIST; RETUNED FREQ 120.5 TWR; PREPARED THE FLT ATTENDANTS FOR TKOF VIA PA SYS. WHEN I LOOKED UP FROM THE CHKLIST THE CAPT WAS PROCEEDING ONTO RWY 1L WITHOUT CLRNC. TWR ASKED US THEN IF WE WERE CLRED ONTO 1L AND THEN CLRED US FOR TKOF. THIS CAPT WAS NEW TO 2 MAN CREWS (100 HRS IN LGT X) PREVIOUSLY FROM A 3 MAN LGT Y CREW. THIS WAS MY SECOND DAY WITH THIS CAPT. THE DAY BEFORE; THIS CAPT 'RUSHED' US ONTO 22L AT ORD WHILE I WAS RECEIVING FINAL WTS AND RUNNING CHKLISTS. THIS WAS A VERY NORMAL THING FOR AN LGT Y CAPT TO DO WHILE THE FLT ENGINEER WAS RUNNING FINAL CHKLIST. I HAVE FLOWN THE LGT Y AS FLT ENGINEER AND HAVE APPROX 1600 HRS IN AIRLINE AS 2 MAN CREWS. HE ESSENTIALLY WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE BY HIMSELF; TAKING ME OUT OF THE 'LOOP.' THERE WAS NO REASON TO 'RUSH' ONTO THE RWY; BUT FOR HABIT. AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; GND DID NOT IDENT THE FREQ 124.25 AS ANOTHER GND CTL FREQ. THE CAPT THOUGHT WE HAD BEEN HANDED OVER TO TWR FREQ. WHEN THEY ASKED US IF WE COULD 'TAKE' 1L; THE CAPT THOUGHT TWR WAS CLRING US ONTO 1L. MY POINT HERE IS THAT THE CLRNCS AND THE COM FROM SFO GND AT THE TIME WAS UNCLR TO SAY THE LEAST. CAPT LATER CALLED SFO TWR CHIEF; THERE WAS NO CONFLICT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.