A pilot departed the fdk ramp with a clearance to runway 23 via taxiways B; a; but because of the ab...

Narrative:

I left the FBO ramp at fdk and was directed to several lettered taxiways. There were no markings on any of the taxiways that I was directed to. After going several hundred yards; I stopped and called ground control to report that I did not know where I was because there were no markings. I was told by ground control to make a right turn and proceed on that taxiway. Partway down that taxiway; I again contacted ground control and thought that I was told to proceed across runway 30 and to make a left turn to runway 23. In fact; I proceeded across runway 23 which I only realized after the fact due to a lack of markings; and could only make a left turn which brought me to runway 30. I called ground control and reported that I did not know how to proceed and was advised that I had made a runway incursion. I was told to follow runway 30 back to the first intersection and make a right on that taxiway. I did so and ended up at the beginning of runway 23. I did my normal run up and was directed onto runway 23 for takeoff. To my knowledge; there are no other factors to report. Weather was excellent. The only factors that played a role in this incident were a lack of understanding on my part as to the directions from ground control and a complete lack of markings on the taxiways at fdk.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot departed the FDK ramp with a clearance to Runway 23 via Taxiways B; A; but because of the absence of any signage taxied up H and was directed to D where he incurred Runway 23 before stopping at Runway 30.

Narrative: I left the FBO ramp at FDK and was directed to several lettered taxiways. There were no markings on any of the taxiways that I was directed to. After going several hundred yards; I stopped and called Ground Control to report that I did not know where I was because there were no markings. I was told by Ground Control to make a right turn and proceed on that taxiway. Partway down that taxiway; I again contacted Ground Control and thought that I was told to proceed across Runway 30 and to make a left turn to Runway 23. In fact; I proceeded across Runway 23 which I only realized after the fact due to a lack of markings; and could only make a left turn which brought me to Runway 30. I called Ground Control and reported that I did not know how to proceed and was advised that I had made a runway incursion. I was told to follow Runway 30 back to the first intersection and make a right on that taxiway. I did so and ended up at the beginning of Runway 23. I did my normal run up and was directed onto Runway 23 for takeoff. To my knowledge; there are no other factors to report. Weather was excellent. The only factors that played a role in this incident were a lack of understanding on my part as to the directions from Ground Control and a complete lack of markings on the taxiways at FDK.

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	1093155
Time
Date	201306
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FDK.Airport
State Reference	MD
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 275 Flight Crew Type 145
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

A pilot departed the fdk ramp with a clearance to runway 23 via taxiways B; a; but because of the absence of any signage taxied up H and was directed to D where he incurred runway 23 before stopping at runway 30.