WDB PIC PERFORMS AN UNAUTH UNCOORD RWY ENTRY XING. RWY INCURSION.
Synopsis
WDB PIC PERFORMS AN UNAUTH UNCOORD RWY ENTRY XING. RWY INCURSION.
Narrative
AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS MADE ON RWY 9R AT ATLANTA HARTSFIELD INTL. AFTER EXITING THE RWY ON A HIGH SPD TXWY; ATLANTA TWR ISSUED A CLRNC TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 9L; WHICH WAS BEING USED FOR TKOFS. THE COPLT ACKNOWLEDGED THE HOLD SHORT CLRNC. APCHING THE HOLD SHORT POINT I THOUGHT THAT I HEARD THE TWR ISSUE A CLRNC FOR OUR FLT TO CROSS RWY 9L. AS I HAD NOT YET COME TO A FULL STOP IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO CONTINUE MY ROLL. AS I ENTERED ONTO RWY 9L I HEARD THE TWR SAY 'WHOA; FLT XYZ.' THE COPLT THEN TOLD ME THAT I DID NOT HAVE CLRNC TO CROSS. IT WAS TOO LATE AT THAT POINT TO HOLD SHORT SO I EXITED RWY 9L ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT I WAS IN VIOLATION OF RWY 9L GND SPACE. A COMMUTER ACFT HAD STARTED HIS ROLL ON THE FAR END OF RWY 9L AND HAD TO ABORT HIS TKOF. THIS WAS POTENTIALLY A VERY SERIOUS SIT. I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT IT WAS REALLY A STUPID THING TO DO FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN FLYING FOR SO LONG. POOR JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING -- MOST DEFINITELY A BREAKDOWN IN CREW COM. I SHOULD HAVE CONFIRMED THE RWY XING WITH MY COPLT. I HAVE LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON -- CONSTANT VIGILANCE. THANK GOODNESS IT WASN'T MORE SERIOUS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.