Narrative:

While I was starting both engines my copilot was getting ATIS and clearance to taxi from the north FBO to runway 01. As we came out of the ramp area to taxiway hotel I asked the copilot what our taxi clearance was? I glanced over as he held up an airport diagram and pointed out the simple route to cross runway 01 on hotel then follow the taxiways that parallel runway 01 to the departure end. My problem was thinking the copilot said to hold short at the end of the runway but he said to hold short 'of' the runway. Now I know he meant hold short of 01 on hotel. As I crossed the hold short line on hotel the ground controller said he had not cleared me to cross so I stopped short of the runway immediately. We looked down the runway to see a jet on short final about 7000+ feet away. We know this was about the right distance since the runway is 7600 ft in length and we were at the other end. The ground control instructed us to execute an immediate 180 degree turn. I instinctively started to do this by going out onto the runway but immediately realized it was much faster to cross over than try and turn. The controller agreed and said to cross and the traffic was going around. There are; obviously; multiple things that could have been done to prevent this simple error. The copilot and myself discussed it later and decided the best thing is to not be in a hurry and get all pertinent information from each other while still in the chocks. The controller did a great job of watching out but I think had a knee jerk reaction in asking us to do a 180. First of all we were not on the runway and second it was not a good idea to ask us to make a turn that required us to go on to the runway. The best thing was to cross or to stay put.

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Title: Poor communication and CRM SOP contributed to a runway incursion forcing a go-around by arriving traffic.

Narrative: While I was starting both engines my copilot was getting ATIS and clearance to taxi from the North FBO to Runway 01. As we came out of the ramp area to Taxiway Hotel I asked the Copilot what our taxi clearance was? I glanced over as he held up an airport diagram and pointed out the simple route to cross Runway 01 on Hotel then follow the taxiways that parallel Runway 01 to the departure end. My problem was thinking the Copilot said to hold short at the end of the runway but he said to hold short 'of' the runway. Now I know he meant hold short of 01 on Hotel. As I crossed the hold short line on Hotel the ground controller said he had not cleared me to cross so I stopped short of the runway immediately. We looked down the runway to see a jet on short final about 7000+ feet away. We know this was about the right distance since the runway is 7600 FT in length and we were at the other end. The ground control instructed us to execute an immediate 180 degree turn. I instinctively started to do this by going out onto the runway but immediately realized it was much faster to cross over than try and turn. The Controller agreed and said to cross and the traffic was going around. There are; obviously; multiple things that could have been done to prevent this simple error. The Copilot and myself discussed it later and decided the best thing is to not be in a hurry and get all pertinent information from each other while still in the chocks. The Controller did a great job of watching out but I think had a knee jerk reaction in asking us to do a 180. First of all we were not on the runway and second it was not a good idea to ask us to make a turn that required us to go on to the runway. The best thing was to cross or to stay put.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.