CAPT OF AN AERO COMMANDED 695 (AC95) OVERSHOT THE TXWY GIVEN IN HIS TAXI ROUTING FOR GOING TO HIS ASSIGNED RWY FOR TKOF AND CONSEQUENTLY ENDED UP ON A TXWY TIE-IN THAT HAD NO EGRESS TO THE OTHER PARALLEL RWY TO WHICH HE WAS CLRED. THEREFORE; THE CTLR CLRED HIM FOR TKOF ON THE OTHER RWY SINCE THERE WOULD BE NO TFC CONFLICTION.
Synopsis
CAPT OF AN AERO COMMANDED 695 (AC95) OVERSHOT THE TXWY GIVEN IN HIS TAXI ROUTING FOR GOING TO HIS ASSIGNED RWY FOR TKOF AND CONSEQUENTLY ENDED UP ON A TXWY TIE-IN THAT HAD NO EGRESS TO THE OTHER PARALLEL RWY TO WHICH HE WAS CLRED. THEREFORE; THE CTLR CLRED HIM FOR TKOF ON THE OTHER RWY SINCE THERE WOULD BE NO TFC CONFLICTION.
Narrative
IT WAS THE FIRST LEG OF THE DAY SO I WAS PF AND THE FO WAS HANDLING PNF DUTIES. AS WE TAXIED FROM THE RAMP FOR TKOF; MY NEW FO WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EFIS/FMS AND I WAS EXPLAINING THINGS ABOUT IT AS WE WERE TAXIING. DURING THE EXPLANATION (AND TAXIING) OUR TAXI CLRNC CHANGED AND THE FO READ BACK THE CLRNC; BUT I WAS APPARENTLY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MAINTAINING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT AND DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE. AS WE WERE HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 5R; WE GOT CLRNC FROM THE TWR TO CROSS RWY 5R AND HOLD THE POS ON RWY 5L. WE WERE MOVING ONTO RWY 5R WHEN TWR ASKED IF WE WERE ON TXWY N; AND AT THE SAME TIME I REALIZED THERE WAS NO TXWY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RWY 5R GOING TO RWY 5L WHERE WE WERE (AT THE END). THE FO IMMEDIATELY REPLIED 'NO' AND I TURNED TO TAXI UP THE RWY TO CLR AT TXWY N TO RWY 5L. BEFORE I GOT TO TXWY N; TWR ISSUED A TKOF CLRNC FOR US FROM RWY 5R AND WE CONTINUED THE TKOF ROLL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE TFC ON FINAL FOR RWY 5R WAS 3 MI OUT AT THE TIME. THE INCURSION COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY GREATER PLT ATTN DURING THE TAXI PHASE. EVEN THOUGH THE FO'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EFIS/FMS SEEMED PERTINENT TO THE FLT AND I CONSIDERED IT APPROPRIATE CONVERSATION DURING A STERILE COCKPIT PHASE; A MORE APPROPRIATE ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN TO GO TO A SPOT WHERE WE COULD STOP THE AIRPLANE; ANSWER ALL THE FO'S QUESTIONS; AND THEN RESUME TAXIING.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.