G450 CORPORATE FLT CREW EXPERIENCES RWY INCURSION AT SAT.

Date: 2008-09 · Aircraft: Gulfstream IV / G350 / G450 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

G450 CORPORATE FLT CREW EXPERIENCES RWY INCURSION AT SAT.

Narrative

WE WERE TAXIING OUT FOR DEP FROM RWY 30L IN SAT. WE WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI ON TXWY R AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 3/21. WHILE HOLDING SHORT; WE WERE GIVEN THE INSTRUCTIONS BY GND CTL TO 'EXPEDITE ACROSS RWY 30R AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 30L.' WE STARTED TO MOVE DOWN RWY 3/21 AND AS THE PF; I WAS LOOKING TO EXPEDITE ACROSS THE FIRST SET OF HOLD SHORT LINES AND THEN HOLD SHORT OF THE SECOND. THE ONLY PROB IS; THERE IS NO HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 30R; AS IT DOES NOT CROSS RWY 3/21. WE WERE BUSY LOOKING AT AN ARRIVING ACFT; TO VERIFY THAT WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO CROSS THE RWY (THINKING HE WAS INBOUND TO RWY 30R). JUST AFTER XING THE FIRST SET OF HOLD SHORT LINES; WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD TAXIED ONTO RWY 30L; JUST AS GND WAS TELLING US AS WELL. WE QUICKLY CLRED THE RWY AND MADE A 180 DEG TURN TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 30R ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE APOLOGIZED TO GND AND WERE TOLD 'NO PROB.' THERE WAS A B737 ON ABOUT A 4-5 MI FINAL. OTHER THAN THE CLRNC DEV; AT NO TIME WAS SAFETY OF EITHER ACFT COMPROMISED.

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