FLC OF LTT ALLEGEDLY TAXIED INTO POS ON WRONG RWY AT CLE.
Synopsis
FLC OF LTT ALLEGEDLY TAXIED INTO POS ON WRONG RWY AT CLE.
Narrative
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THIS SITUATION WAS THE CTLR BEING IN A HURRY; AND THEN AS A CREW; WE LET HIM HURRY US ALONG AS WELL. THEREFORE; BOTH CTLR AND FLC BECAME RUSHED WHICH IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION. THE SITUATION OCCURRED AT THE CLEVELAND HOPKINS ARPT AT XX25 LCL TIME. IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN COM BTWN THE TWR CTLR AND THE FLC. THE COM WENT AS FOLLOWS: THE CTLR SAID; 'TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 23L AND BE READY TO GO.' WE RESPONDED WITH THE READBACK. THEN THE CTLR SAID; 'CLRED FOR TKOF 23L' BUT THEN HE PAUSED AND SAID 'CLRED FOR TKOF 23R.' HE VERBALLY CHANGED OUR TKOF CLRNC TO THE R INSTEAD OF THE L ON RWY 23. THEREFORE; WE READ BACK THE CLRNC THAT WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF ON 23R AND TAXIED INTO POS FOR TKOF ON THAT RWY. THE CTLR CALLED US AND SAID THAT WE WERE ON THE WRONG RWY AND TO HOLD OUR POS. WE; THE FLC; LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN SURPRISE AND BOTH AGREED THAT WE NOT ONLY HEARD CLRED FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF ON 23R BUT WE ALSO READ THIS CLRNC BACK TO THE TWR CTLR AND OUR READBACK WENT UNCHALLENGED. ANOTHER FACTOR THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SITUATION WAS THAT THE TWR CTLR WAS HANDLING SEVERAL ACFT AT THE SAME TIME WHICH CAN ALWAYS LEAD TO SOME CONFUSION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.