1997-04 · NASA ASRS report 366147
FLC OF C560 CITATION ON DEMO FLT CROSSES RWY TO WHICH THEY ARE CLRED TO TAXI AND HOLD. GND CTLR INFORMS THEM OF THE ERROR AND ISSUES NEW CLRNC.
THE ACFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A DEMONSTRATION FLT. THE PLT AT THE CTLS WAS SIC QUALIFIED AND WAS TAXIING THE ACFT. OUR CLRNC WAS TO TAXI TO RWY 22R. AFTER ENSURING THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE UNDERSTOOD; I WENT 'HEAD DOWN' TO COMPLETE THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST AND PROGRAM THE FMS. DURING THIS TIME; THE PLT TAXIING PROCEEDED ACROSS RWY 22R AND STOPPED SHORT OF RWY 22L. GND CTL INFORMED US OF OUR ERROR AND CHANGED RWY ASSIGNMENTS. THE CHAIN OF EVENTS STARTED WITH A PLT WHO WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AVIONICS OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL TAXIING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LEARN THE SYS. AT THE SAME TIME; THE UNFAMILIAR CREW PAIRING; COUPLED WITH THE ATTEMPT TO DEMO THE ACFT; ALLOWED A BREAKDOWN IN COMS. THE EVENT THEN OCCURRED WHEN THE MORE 'SITUATIONALLY AWARE' PLT WAS NOT ACTIVELY MONITORING THE COURSE OF THE FLT. A TERTIARY; AND NOT SIGNIFICANT FACTOR; WAS THE RWY MARKINGS AND WIDE OPEN TXWY WHICH DO NOT INITIALLY APPEAR TO BE A RWY TO THE 'OTHERWISE OCCUPIED.' IN THE FUTURE; I WILL: ENSURE ALL TAXI INSTRUCTIONS ARE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD; NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO BE RUSHED JUST TO MAKE THE DEMO SEEM EFFORTLESS; MONITOR THE OP AT ALL TIMES; AND UTILIZE THE TIME WHEN THE ACFT IS STOPPED TO PROGRAM SYS AND RUN CHKLISTS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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