2000-06 · NASA ASRS report 477602
G5 CREW HAD RWY INCURSION AT PHX.
ATIS WAS RPTING DEPS AT PHX AS RWYS 8L/R. WHEN THE CAPT BOARDED ACFT; FMS SHOWED DEP RWY 8R. UPON REQUESTING TAXI CLRNC; GND CTL ADVISED THAT THE ARPT HAD JUST TURNED AROUND AND TO EXPECT DEP ON RWY 26R; TAXI ON TXWY F AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 26L AT TXWY F6. DURING TAXI; PNF CHANGED DEP RWY IN FMS TO RWY 26R AND PERFORMED TAXI CHKLIST. ACFT TAXIED TO TXWY F6 AND HELD SHORT OF RWY 26L. GND CTL THEN ISSUED A CLRNC TO EXPEDITE XING OF RWY 26L AND TAXI TO RWY 26R VIA TXWY S AND TXWY B. THE JAPANESE TYPE RATED CAPT DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE 'EXPEDITE' CLRNC; AND SINCE HE WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT DEPARTING ON RWY 8R; BUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION RWY 26L; BEGAN A L TURN TO TAKE THE 'ACTIVE' RWY 26L. BOTH I AND GND CTL ADVISED A R TURN TO CROSS THE RWY AT TXWY F6. THE CAPT BECAME VERY CONFUSED ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I ADVISED THAT 'I HAVE THE ACFT;' BUT THE CAPT WOULD NOT RELINQUISH CTL OF THE ACFT AND THEN APPLIED BRAKES TO A FULL STOP ON RWY 26L. A B737 HAD TO MAKE A GAR. CAPT RELEASED BRAKES FINALLY AND TAXIED CLR OF RWY 26L. VERY DANGEROUS SIT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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