<< >> NASA ASRS Report 561851, October 2002

Small aircraft pilot fails to hold short of runway he crossed during taxi out due to not hearing any tower controller instruction to do so.

Attributes
ACN	561851
Time
Date	200210
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pwk.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 24215 flight time type : 1110
ASRS Report	561851
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was cleared to taxi to a runway with no hold short of any other runway. I taxied as requested and held short of the assigned runway on another runway and called tower for takeoff. Tower thought I should have held short of the other runway. I would have done that if I was cleared to the assigned runway and told to hold short of the other runway that was along the taxi route. I have flown out of this airport thousands of times which has poorly designed runway and taxiway patterns and high runway incursion problems. I would suggest that controllers be more precise in their communications. I always taxi with a taxiway chart open at this airport.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT FAILS TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY HE CROSSED DURING TAXI OUT DUE TO NOT HEARING ANY TWR CTLR INSTRUCTION TO DO SO.

Narrative: I WAS CLRED TO TAXI TO A RWY WITH NO HOLD SHORT OF ANY OTHER RWY. I TAXIED AS REQUESTED AND HELD SHORT OF THE ASSIGNED RWY ON ANOTHER RWY AND CALLED TWR FOR TKOF. TWR THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE HELD SHORT OF THE OTHER RWY. I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT IF I WAS CLRED TO THE ASSIGNED RWY AND TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF THE OTHER RWY THAT WAS ALONG THE TAXI RTE. I HAVE FLOWN OUT OF THIS ARPT THOUSANDS OF TIMES WHICH HAS POORLY DESIGNED RWY AND TXWY PATTERNS AND HIGH RWY INCURSION PROBS. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT CTLRS BE MORE PRECISE IN THEIR COMS. I ALWAYS TAXI WITH A TXWY CHART OPEN AT THIS ARPT.

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.