2001-06 · NASA ASRS report 514455
AN MLG CREW TAXIED AS INSTRUCTED TO THE WRONG RWY.
THE FO TOLD GND WE WERE WITH ATIS INFO XYZ TO TAXI. (ATIS INFO XYZ STATED HIGH WINDS ABOVE 20 KTS; LNDGS AND TKOFS ON RWY 28L&R.) AT THIS TIME; GND CTLR CLRED US TO 'TAXI TO RWY 28L VIA TXWY M; CONTACT TWR.' FROM OUR POS; WE CROSSED BOTH RWY 01L/R ON TXWY M TO PROCEED TO RWY 28L. NO ACFT WERE ON OR TAXIING TO RWY 01L OR RWY 01R. WHILE IN OUR TAXI; WE COMMENTED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE DIRECTED US TO RWY 28L VIA TXWYS M; L; F -- NOT JUST TXWY M AND CONTACT TWR. WHILE TAXIING ON TXWY L; TWR ASKED US TO VERIFY WE WERE TAXIING TO THE RWYS 28. WE AFFIRMED THAT. HE THEN ASKED AGAIN IF WE WERE TAXIING TO RWY 28L VIA TXWYS L; F; AND WE AFFIRMED THAT. IT WAS THEN THAT WE BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THE GND CTLR WANTED US TO TAXI TO RWY 01L BUT DID NOT STATE THE PROPER RWY. AT THIS TIME ON TWR FREQ; WE HEARD ACFT BEING CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWYS 01L/R. NOTHING WAS SAID TO US BY THE TWR ABOUT THIS SIT AND WE DEPARTED NORMALLY FROM RWY 28L. IN RETROSPECT; WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED GND FOR A FULL RTE CLRNC TO RWY 28L INSTEAD OF THE PARTIAL CLRNC GIVEN. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO US LATER THAT HE HAD INTENDED US TO USE RWY 01L BUT MISSTATED THE RWY. EVEN THOUGH WE TOLD GND WE HAD ATIS INFO XYZ; THE ATIS HAD BEEN CHANGED OR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CHANGED TO INCLUDE RWYS 01L/R AND TKOF OPTIONS. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL QUESTION ALL GND CLRNCS THAT DO NOT TAKE ME TO THE INTENDED RWY OR HOLD POINT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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