Feb 18, 2015
Incident
Chicago, IL
InjuriesNone
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 121
Probable Cause
The flight crew's failure to manage cockpit tasks during taxi resulting in a loss of situation awareness and subsequently taxiing past a required turn point and onto an active runway without clearance. Contributing to the runway incursion was the ground controllers ineffective monitoring to ensure issued taxi instructions were followed.
NTSB OPS15IA011