A pilot departed the dxr FBO ramp and made a left hand turn onto taxiway a; which placed his aircraf...

Narrative:

I received a clearance to taxi from the FBO at dxr to runway 26 via taxiways right and a. Having never been to this FBO; I followed what I thought the instruction meant and turned out of the FBO ramp and made a left onto taxiway a; stopping before entering the runway. I realized there was no hold-short line. That's when ground control called and said I was supposed to turn right out of the ramp; follow right in the other direction; turn left on a and stop at the displaced threshold line. There was absolutely no impact on safety as here were no other airplanes on the taxiway; runway or approach. I think a way to avoid confusion for those who are new to the airport and this FBO would be to add signage at the exit point of the FBO ramp explaining that aircraft should follow taxiway right to the right and that runway 26 has a displaced threshold.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot departed the DXR FBO ramp and made a left hand turn onto Taxiway A; which placed his aircraft beyond the Runway 26 hold short line in a charted Hot Spot; which is a good distance from the runway.

Narrative: I received a clearance to taxi from the FBO at DXR to Runway 26 via Taxiways R and A. Having never been to this FBO; I followed what I thought the instruction meant and turned out of the FBO ramp and made a left onto Taxiway A; stopping before entering the runway. I realized there was no hold-short line. That's when Ground Control called and said I was supposed to turn right out of the ramp; follow R in the other direction; turn left on A and stop at the displaced threshold line. There was absolutely no impact on safety as here were no other airplanes on the taxiway; runway or approach. I think a way to avoid confusion for those who are new to the airport and this FBO would be to add signage at the exit point of the FBO ramp explaining that aircraft should follow Taxiway R to the right and that Runway 26 has a displaced threshold.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1033620
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DXR.Airport
State Reference	CT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 310 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

A pilot departed the dxr FBO ramp and made a left hand turn onto taxiway a; which placed his aircraft beyond the runway 26 hold short line in a charted hot spot; which is a good distance from the runway.