Piper PA28 pilot inadvertently became disoriented and did not follow assigned taxi out route resulti...

Attributes
ACN	562841
Time
Date	200210
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sav.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	562841
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After getting clearance, went to ground and was told to taxi runway 27. I requested runway 36 but someone else came on and stated runway 27 was more in line with direction of flight. I mistakenly taxied toward runway 9 crossing runway 36 because the compounding effect also had me thinking I was cleared to cross. There were several contributors to this mistake. I had finished an important assignment earlier that morning by getting up early and going to client's site. This gave me only 4 hours rest. I was in too much of a rush to meet an XA30 deadline in vero beach, my destination. My head wasn't in the cockpit while performing this taxi operation -- it was elsewhere. Ground control was confusing when I first called up and received instruction. I read back 'taxi runway 27.' someone else chimed in requesting readback of runway. When I did that he issued another runway. Guess he was having a bad day also because he was the one refusing to give me runway 36 which is my normal departure runway. From runway 36, it is a simple climb out of climbing right turn to join V3 where from runway 27 it's a longer climbing left turn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PIPER PA28 PLT INADVERTENTLY BECAME DISORIENTED AND DID NOT FOLLOW ASSIGNED TAXI OUT RTE RESULTING IN XING A RWY WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: AFTER GETTING CLRNC, WENT TO GND AND WAS TOLD TO TAXI RWY 27. I REQUESTED RWY 36 BUT SOMEONE ELSE CAME ON AND STATED RWY 27 WAS MORE IN LINE WITH DIRECTION OF FLT. I MISTAKENLY TAXIED TOWARD RWY 9 XING RWY 36 BECAUSE THE COMPOUNDING EFFECT ALSO HAD ME THINKING I WAS CLRED TO CROSS. THERE WERE SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MISTAKE. I HAD FINISHED AN IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT EARLIER THAT MORNING BY GETTING UP EARLY AND GOING TO CLIENT'S SITE. THIS GAVE ME ONLY 4 HRS REST. I WAS IN TOO MUCH OF A RUSH TO MEET AN XA30 DEADLINE IN VERO BEACH, MY DEST. MY HEAD WASN'T IN THE COCKPIT WHILE PERFORMING THIS TAXI OP -- IT WAS ELSEWHERE. GND CTL WAS CONFUSING WHEN I FIRST CALLED UP AND RECEIVED INSTRUCTION. I READ BACK 'TAXI RWY 27.' SOMEONE ELSE CHIMED IN REQUESTING READBACK OF RWY. WHEN I DID THAT HE ISSUED ANOTHER RWY. GUESS HE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY ALSO BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE REFUSING TO GIVE ME RWY 36 WHICH IS MY NORMAL DEP RWY. FROM RWY 36, IT IS A SIMPLE CLBOUT OF CLBING R TURN TO JOIN V3 WHERE FROM RWY 27 IT'S A LONGER CLBING L TURN.

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.

Piper PA28 pilot inadvertently became disoriented and did not follow assigned taxi out route resulting in crossing a runway without clearance.