Runway incursion in a night operation.

Attributes
ACN	249474
Time
Date	199308
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : okc
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	249474
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

A combination of distrs (before takeoff checklists, navigation setup, etc) and being tired led to taxiing onto the active runway. A recurrence could be prevented simply by taxiing to the runway, then performing the before takeoff checklist. (Especially when single pilot in a turboprop.)

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY INCURSION IN A NIGHT OP.

Narrative: A COMBINATION OF DISTRS (BEFORE TKOF CHKLISTS, NAV SETUP, ETC) AND BEING TIRED LED TO TAXIING ONTO THE ACTIVE RWY. A RECURRENCE COULD BE PREVENTED SIMPLY BY TAXIING TO THE RWY, THEN PERFORMING THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST. (ESPECIALLY WHEN SINGLE PLT IN A TURBOPROP.)

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.