Communication discrepancy between tower ground control and flight crew.

Attributes
ACN	303000
Time
Date	199503
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lse
State Reference	WI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	ATR 42
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 500 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	303000
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After landing on runway 36, tower advised to make a right turn off runway. I did that and was taxing back to the terminal. I called ground control after I had crossed a non use runway and was told to cross runway 36 en route to the terminal. Ground control acted kind of upset, so I asked what the problem was and he responded that I should have contacted ground immediately after clearing the runway. I told him that we were not instructed to by tower and we were to stay with him. Lacrosse, wi is not a busy airport and we were going by our last instruction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COM DISCREPANCY BTWN TWR GND CTL AND FLC.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 36, TWR ADVISED TO MAKE A R TURN OFF RWY. I DID THAT AND WAS TAXING BACK TO THE TERMINAL. I CALLED GND CTL AFTER I HAD CROSSED A NON USE RWY AND WAS TOLD TO CROSS RWY 36 ENRTE TO THE TERMINAL. GND CTL ACTED KIND OF UPSET, SO I ASKED WHAT THE PROB WAS AND HE RESPONDED THAT I SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED GND IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLRING THE RWY. I TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE NOT INSTRUCTED TO BY TWR AND WE WERE TO STAY WITH HIM. LACROSSE, WI IS NOT A BUSY ARPT AND WE WERE GOING BY OUR LAST INSTRUCTION.

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.