ATCT controller at bhm working local combined with ground was apparently behind controling traffic and may have unknowingly taxied an aircraft into position on the runway.

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Attributes
ACN	447587
Time
Date	199908
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bhm.tower
State Reference	AL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bhm.tower
Make Model Name	Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 7/8
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : position and hold
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : bhm.tower
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 5010 flight time type : 70
ASRS Report	447587
Person 2
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : executed go around
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Tower operator at bhm was not communicating well because he had just failed to issue landing clearance to a B737 which had to go around. He was having trouble talking to other aircraft on ground. (Tower was also ground control.) we were cleared to taxi into position and hold after a crj jet departed. After the crj was well clear of the end of the runway, we taxied onto the runway to hold. The tower said we had done an illegal movement but we were cleared for takeoff anyway. Private pilot (owner) was in the right seat and heard the same clearance I did.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATCT CTLR AT BHM WORKING LCL COMBINED WITH GND WAS APPARENTLY BEHIND CTLING TFC AND MAY HAVE UNKNOWINGLY TAXIED AN ACFT INTO POS ON THE RWY.

Narrative: TWR OPERATOR AT BHM WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WELL BECAUSE HE HAD JUST FAILED TO ISSUE LNDG CLRNC TO A B737 WHICH HAD TO GO AROUND. HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE TALKING TO OTHER ACFT ON GND. (TWR WAS ALSO GND CTL.) WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD AFTER A CRJ JET DEPARTED. AFTER THE CRJ WAS WELL CLR OF THE END OF THE RWY, WE TAXIED ONTO THE RWY TO HOLD. THE TWR SAID WE HAD DONE AN ILLEGAL MOVEMENT BUT WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF ANYWAY. PVT PLT (OWNER) WAS IN THE R SEAT AND HEARD THE SAME CLRNC I DID.

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.