After landing on the right parallel runway; an older M-20 pilot was cleared to hold between the runw...

Narrative:

I was by myself; in effect test-flying/ferrying my aircraft back to...my home base.... I am [over 60] years old and retired. My habit is to sleep at night around seven hours; awakening [early in the morning]; then I almost always look forward to a 30-minute nap after lunch. On this day I woke as usual; felt I had a good night's sleep. It was a two hour drive to [the airport]. After lunch and paperwork was done; I had around a half-hour to grab a nap before I flight planned to lift off.... I went to find a place to rest. What I found was the general aviation terminal.... The only rest facility consisted of a narrow couch with no pillows; located in a room across from the training office of a local flight school. I was treated to the racket of an instructor and student discussing their cross-country trip plans and assorted small talk. After minutes of this I gave up on the idea of a nap. I went out to the plane and flew off. The 45 minute trip home was uneventful; except for the usual afternoon turbulence on the ILS localizer course. And; as usual; we were contending with F-16 and commercial traffic at that hour.... So; here I am at [60 plus] years old; deprived of a nap; changed at the last moment from [the left to the right runway] with an F16 behind me; also cleared to land. I managed to land safely in a quartering tailwind. Tower instructed me to exit at A-11; and I did so. Note that there is a rather limited strip of taxiway spanning the distance between [the left and right runways]; in the center of which is a more confined area designed to hold a general aviation-sized aircraft awaiting clearance to taxi across to a.... I just had a moment when I lost focus (my mistake) and only pulled-up to the [right runway] exit bars (i.e. Dashed lines on my side);instead of crossing those bars and holding at the stop bars (solid bars on my side) for the [left runway]. Fortunately; there appeared to have been no other aircraft after me using [the right runway] while this went on. The tower controller saw what I had done by stopping short of the [the right runway] exit bars; called me up to instruct me where I needed to be; and I promptly complied with the instruction. I know very well to pull into this hold short area when exiting [the right runway].... I am very sensitive to safety issues. I believe my mistake was a function of my getting older; in combination with a few more distractions than I like to deal with at any one time; and my having been deprived of a restorative nap prior to leaving.... Take a page from a current hot topic in the us workplace. Set aside 'nap rooms' at general aviation or FBO terminals; places with quiet; subdued lighting; and at least a lazyboy recliner if not a bed or broad sofa with a few pillows. These kinds of arrangements are a real potential life-saver for folks like me and with an aging population of pilots; likely others.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After landing on the right parallel runway; an older M-20 pilot was cleared to hold between the runways; but failed to fully clear the right parallel until prompted by the Local Controller. Pilot cited the lack of a nap prior to flight as a contributing factor.

Narrative: I was by myself; in effect test-flying/ferrying my aircraft back to...my home base.... I am [over 60] years old and retired. My habit is to sleep at night around seven hours; awakening [early in the morning]; then I almost always look forward to a 30-minute nap after lunch. On this day I woke as usual; felt I had a good night's sleep. It was a two hour drive to [the airport]. After lunch and paperwork was done; I had around a half-hour to grab a nap before I flight planned to lift off.... I went to find a place to rest. What I found was the general aviation terminal.... The only rest facility consisted of a narrow couch with no pillows; located in a room across from the training office of a local flight school. I was treated to the racket of an instructor and student discussing their cross-country trip plans and assorted small talk. After minutes of this I gave up on the idea of a nap. I went out to the plane and flew off. The 45 minute trip home was uneventful; except for the usual afternoon turbulence on the ILS localizer course. And; as usual; we were contending with F-16 and commercial traffic at that hour.... So; here I am at [60 plus] years old; deprived of a nap; changed at the last moment from [the left to the right runway] with an F16 behind me; also cleared to land. I managed to land safely in a quartering tailwind. Tower instructed me to exit at A-11; and I did so. Note that there is a rather limited strip of taxiway spanning the distance between [the left and right runways]; in the center of which is a more confined area designed to hold a general aviation-sized aircraft awaiting clearance to taxi across to A.... I just had a moment when I lost focus (my mistake) and only pulled-up to the [right runway] exit bars (i.e. dashed lines on my side);instead of crossing those bars and holding at the stop bars (solid bars on my side) for the [left runway]. Fortunately; there appeared to have been no other aircraft after me using [the right runway] while this went on. The Tower Controller saw what I had done by stopping short of the [the right runway] exit bars; called me up to instruct me where I needed to be; and I promptly complied with the instruction. I know very well to pull into this hold short area when exiting [the right runway].... I am very sensitive to safety issues. I believe my mistake was a function of my getting older; in combination with a few more distractions than I like to deal with at any one time; and my having been deprived of a restorative nap prior to leaving.... Take a page from a current hot topic in the US workplace. Set aside 'NAP ROOMS' at general aviation or FBO terminals; places with quiet; subdued lighting; and at least a lazyboy recliner if not a bed or broad sofa with a few pillows. These kinds of arrangements are a real potential life-saver for folks like me and with an aging population of pilots; likely others.

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	1073943
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 K (231) / Encore
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	Vectors Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 6 Flight Crew Total 1587 Flight Crew Type 262
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Incursion Runway

After landing on the right parallel runway; an older M-20 pilot was cleared to hold between the runways; but failed to fully clear the right parallel until prompted by the local controller. Pilot cited the lack of a nap prior to flight as a contributing factor.