Pilot of AC95 taxied onto runway without a clearance at dal.

Attributes
ACN	575559
Time
Date	200303
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dal.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Turbo Commander 690C
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : position and hold ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : dal.tower
Make Model Name	Gates Learjet Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 21 flight time total : 1195 flight time type : 763
ASRS Report	575559
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action flight crew : executed go around other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After taxi, I was on tower frequency and understood tower to say '(unintelligible)...position, hold behind the landing aircraft.' I never heard anything like 'hold short.' apparently, what I was actually given was a hold short instruction. By the time I had reconciled my instructions and was ready to repeat them back to the tower, he was already talking to an air carrier aircraft on the other runway complex. I taxied into position and was holding behind a learjet that had just landed. After a couple of mins waiting with a clear runway ahead, I realized I should not be on the runway. At the same time, I heard another pilot who was landing on runway 13L say there was an aircraft on the runway. I immediately taxied off the runway. The arriving aircraft had to go around. I was asked to call the tower when I arrived at my destination. I think a big contributing factor to this event was the phraseology 'landing aircraft.' if the controller indeed said to 'hold short of the runway,' he should not have included anything about landing aircraft. 'Hold short' should simply be 'hold short' without additional discussion. Other contributing factors include an old headset I was using that does nothing to filter out backgnd noise. The thing that really matters most is I should have questioned and verified everything I was told. This will be my mantra in the future. I must have only heard what I wanted to hear instead of the actual instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AC95 TAXIED ONTO RWY WITHOUT A CLRNC AT DAL.

Narrative: AFTER TAXI, I WAS ON TWR FREQ AND UNDERSTOOD TWR TO SAY '(UNINTELLIGIBLE)...POS, HOLD BEHIND THE LNDG ACFT.' I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE 'HOLD SHORT.' APPARENTLY, WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN WAS A HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTION. BY THE TIME I HAD RECONCILED MY INSTRUCTIONS AND WAS READY TO REPEAT THEM BACK TO THE TWR, HE WAS ALREADY TALKING TO AN ACR ACFT ON THE OTHER RWY COMPLEX. I TAXIED INTO POS AND WAS HOLDING BEHIND A LEARJET THAT HAD JUST LANDED. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINS WAITING WITH A CLR RWY AHEAD, I REALIZED I SHOULD NOT BE ON THE RWY. AT THE SAME TIME, I HEARD ANOTHER PLT WHO WAS LNDG ON RWY 13L SAY THERE WAS AN ACFT ON THE RWY. I IMMEDIATELY TAXIED OFF THE RWY. THE ARRIVING ACFT HAD TO GO AROUND. I WAS ASKED TO CALL THE TWR WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY DEST. I THINK A BIG CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS EVENT WAS THE PHRASEOLOGY 'LNDG ACFT.' IF THE CTLR INDEED SAID TO 'HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY,' HE SHOULD NOT HAVE INCLUDED ANYTHING ABOUT LNDG ACFT. 'HOLD SHORT' SHOULD SIMPLY BE 'HOLD SHORT' WITHOUT ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE AN OLD HEADSET I WAS USING THAT DOES NOTHING TO FILTER OUT BACKGND NOISE. THE THING THAT REALLY MATTERS MOST IS I SHOULD HAVE QUESTIONED AND VERIFIED EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD. THIS WILL BE MY MANTRA IN THE FUTURE. I MUST HAVE ONLY HEARD WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS.

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.