Takeoff wrong runway.

Attributes
ACN	301169
Time
Date	199504
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : azo
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 675 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	301169
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	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:

I had landed at kalamazoo and asked tower for a taxi-back and to pick up my IFR clearance to grr (grand rapids). Tower gave me a taxi route to depart on runway 9. I concurred and the tower gave me my clearance. While taxiing, the tower asked if I would be ready at the end. I replied yes. When I reached the end 30 seconds later, tower cleared me for immediate takeoff. So I began adding power while taking the immediate takeoff from runway 5. Runways 9 and 5 have the same overrun on displaced threshold pad. When in a hurry to depart, I took runway 5 which is a little further of a left turn off the hold short line than is runway 9. I had cleared the area for traffic and runway 5 was clear and the takeoff was uneventful. The tower made no comment after departure. I think the contributing problems are poor signage, my unfamiliarity with the flown aircraft as my job is flying a turbo-propeller with 2 crew membrs. When the time came to take an immediate, the magnetic runway heading was not crosschecked with the directional gyroscope, which was not set prior to takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TKOF WRONG RWY.

Narrative: I HAD LANDED AT KALAMAZOO AND ASKED TWR FOR A TAXI-BACK AND TO PICK UP MY IFR CLRNC TO GRR (GRAND RAPIDS). TWR GAVE ME A TAXI RTE TO DEPART ON RWY 9. I CONCURRED AND THE TWR GAVE ME MY CLRNC. WHILE TAXIING, THE TWR ASKED IF I WOULD BE READY AT THE END. I REPLIED YES. WHEN I REACHED THE END 30 SECONDS LATER, TWR CLRED ME FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF. SO I BEGAN ADDING PWR WHILE TAKING THE IMMEDIATE TKOF FROM RWY 5. RWYS 9 AND 5 HAVE THE SAME OVERRUN ON DISPLACED THRESHOLD PAD. WHEN IN A HURRY TO DEPART, I TOOK RWY 5 WHICH IS A LITTLE FURTHER OF A L TURN OFF THE HOLD SHORT LINE THAN IS RWY 9. I HAD CLRED THE AREA FOR TFC AND RWY 5 WAS CLR AND THE TKOF WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE TWR MADE NO COMMENT AFTER DEP. I THINK THE CONTRIBUTING PROBS ARE POOR SIGNAGE, MY UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE FLOWN ACFT AS MY JOB IS FLYING A TURBO-PROP WITH 2 CREW MEMBRS. WHEN THE TIME CAME TO TAKE AN IMMEDIATE, THE MAGNETIC RWY HDG WAS NOT XCHKED WITH THE DIRECTIONAL GYROSCOPE, WHICH WAS NOT SET PRIOR TO TKOF.

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.