B737-300 CREW HAD A TXWY INCURSION AT ALB.

Date: 2003-02 · Aircraft: B737-300 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-taxiway|other-took-wrong-txwy-going-to-rwy

Synopsis

B737-300 CREW HAD A TXWY INCURSION AT ALB.

Narrative

IMPROPER TAXI ROUTING. PRIOR TO PUSHBACK AT ALB; I WAS LISTENING TO GND CTL GIVE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. SHORTLY; AN ACFT APPEARED OUT THE FO'S SIDE WINDOW ON TXWY A AND MADE A R TURN ONTO TXWY D. HAVING HEARD GND CTL ISSUE AN ACFT TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO RWY 19; I ASSOCIATED THE TWO; LOOKED AT MY PLATE; SAW TXWY D DEPICTED; AND DECIDED THAT'S THE RTE WE WOULD TAKE. WE PUSHED; STARTED ENGS; COMPLIED WITH ALL COMPANY PROCS EXACTLY BY THE BOOK; CALLED FOR TAXI AND WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS; '?TAXI TO RWY 19.' AS WE STARTED TAXI; I MENTIONED WE WOULD TAKE TXWY D TO TXWY C TO THE RWY. APCHING TXWY D; I READ THE NOTE SAYING IT WAS WT LIMITED AND THEN SAID WE WOULD MAKE A L ON TXWY A THEN A R ON TXWY C TO RWY 19. WE APCHED THE RWY ON TXWY C. I SAID 'WE ARE CLRED ALL THE WAY.' WE LOOKED BOTH WAYS AND CROSSED THE RWY. AS WE APCHED TXWY J ON TXWY C; THE FO SAID 'WE ARE NOT WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.' WE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND TALKED TO ALBANY GND. HE TOLD US TO 'TAKE TXWY J; MAKE A L ON RWY 10/28 AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 1/19.' HE THEN CLRED US TO 'CROSS; R ON TXWY A AND TAXI TO RWY 19.' WE REACHED THE END AND WERE CLRED FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF. WHEN WE WERE SWITCHED TO DEP; I SAID TO TWR 'THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP' AND HE REPLIED 'IT'S NO BIG DEAL.' THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC MOVING ON THE ARPT AND NO AIRBORNE TFC NEARBY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I OFFER NO EXCUSE. I KNEW EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE AND I HAD NO DOUBT IN MY MIND I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE GOING. I GUESS I GOT TARGET FIXATION ON THE AIRPLANE. I THOUGHT I SAW TAXIING TO RWY 19 WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO RWY 28.

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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.