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Helicopter cleared to runway 32 taxied onto the runway thinking a clearance to taxi is also clearance onto the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 231132 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199301 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ash |
| State Reference | NH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ash |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 231132 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
From hover at FBO I called tower with bravo and requested taxi to 32 for multiple touch and go's. Tower came back and said taxi 32. I read back clearance saying cleared 32 thinking I was given a clearance onto the runway so I taxied onto the runway. Controller asked me what I was doing on the runway, I told him I had been cleared onto the runway. He disagreed. After the flight, the tower asked me to call them. I did so and the tower manager told me I had a runway incursion. I told him I thought he cleared me onto the runway, I got no hold short instructions. He told me he didn't have to give me a hold short. I left it at 'I don't want to get into an argument about a miscom'. He continued to clarify his instructions. It was left at we would understand each other a little better. The tower manager said no administrative action would be taken. No other aircraft were flying or taxiing in the area at the time of the occurrence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HELI CLRED TO RWY 32 TAXIED ONTO THE RWY THINKING A CLRNC TO TAXI IS ALSO CLRNC ONTO THE RWY.
Narrative: FROM HOVER AT FBO I CALLED TWR WITH BRAVO AND REQUESTED TAXI TO 32 FOR MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO'S. TWR CAME BACK AND SAID TAXI 32. I READ BACK CLRNC SAYING CLRED 32 THINKING I WAS GIVEN A CLRNC ONTO THE RWY SO I TAXIED ONTO THE RWY. CTLR ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING ON THE RWY, I TOLD HIM I HAD BEEN CLRED ONTO THE RWY. HE DISAGREED. AFTER THE FLT, THE TWR ASKED ME TO CALL THEM. I DID SO AND THE TWR MGR TOLD ME I HAD A RWY INCURSION. I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT HE CLRED ME ONTO THE RWY, I GOT NO HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE ME A HOLD SHORT. I LEFT IT AT 'I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO AN ARGUMENT ABOUT A MISCOM'. HE CONTINUED TO CLARIFY HIS INSTRUCTIONS. IT WAS LEFT AT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER. THE TWR MGR SAID NO ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN. NO OTHER ACFT WERE FLYING OR TAXIING IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.