A clearance to taxi confuses the reporter because there was an intervening runway to cross.

Attributes
ACN	521500
Time
Date	200108
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hpn.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Falcon 900
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	521500
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Taxi clearance 'taxi to runway 16 hold short at/on taxiway C.' 2 hold points on taxiway C, runway 11 and runway 16.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CLRNC TO TAXI CONFUSES THE RPTR BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INTERVENING RWY TO CROSS.

Narrative: TAXI CLRNC 'TAXI TO RWY 16 HOLD SHORT AT/ON TXWY C.' 2 HOLD POINTS ON TXWY C, RWY 11 AND RWY 16.

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.