Narrative:

A C206 called ground control requesting taxi instructions to the active runway. The C206 did not state he was IFR or VFR; I taxied the aircraft to the runway and told the aircraft to contact local control. I later saw the C206 was IFR. I immediately called the TRACON and got an IFR heading and told the local controller. Pilots [should] understand the importance of forwarding the correct flight plan status to ATC.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground Controller described a confused Flight Plan status event when an IFR departure was initially handled as a VFR but changed after the IFR status was verified.

Narrative: A C206 called Ground Control requesting taxi instructions to the active runway. The C206 did not state he was IFR or VFR; I taxied the aircraft to the runway and told the aircraft to contact Local Control. I later saw the C206 was IFR. I immediately called the TRACON and got an IFR heading and told the Local Controller. Pilots [should] understand the importance of forwarding the correct Flight Plan status to ATC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.