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PA-28 pilot reported he entered the runway in front of landing traffic after misunderstanding the clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1385378 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| 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 | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 1250 Flight Crew Type 250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 150 |
Narrative:
I was waiting for sequence to depart. An aircraft in front of me was cleared from the hold short to take off and I was cleared to pull up and hold short. I pulled up and held short about 30' short of the hold line (perpendicular to the active runway). I received a second instruction to pull up and hold short and wrongly assumed that the controller meant onto the runway and hold for take off. I now believe that he wanted me to pull up closer to the the hold line and not cross it. I crossed the hold line and stopped to check for landing traffic; which there was on short final. The landing aircraft complained about me pulling onto the runway and the controller issued a go around; which was executed swiftly. I was well back from the center line and a landing would have been of no consequence. Fortunately; no accident occurred! I was then cleared for take off. I short; I was confused by a seemingly unnecessary second request to pull up and hold short and assumed he meant onto the runway to hold short. I used prudence once across the hold line by stopping to check for traffic. I will have a meeting with my instructor to discuss hold short versus line up and hold instructions. This was my first time into [this airport] in at least 10 years and I fly out of a non-towered airport most of the time. I will discuss towered airport operations as an additional topic with my CFI.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28 pilot reported he entered the runway in front of landing traffic after misunderstanding the clearance.
Narrative: I was waiting for sequence to depart. An aircraft in front of me was cleared from the hold short to take off and I was cleared to pull up and hold short. I pulled up and held short about 30' short of the hold line (perpendicular to the active runway). I received a second instruction to pull up and hold short and wrongly assumed that the controller meant onto the runway and hold for take off. I now believe that he wanted me to pull up closer to the the hold line and not cross it. I crossed the hold line and stopped to check for landing traffic; which there was on short final. The landing aircraft complained about me pulling onto the runway and the controller issued a go around; which was executed swiftly. I was well back from the center line and a landing would have been of no consequence. Fortunately; no accident occurred! I was then cleared for take off. I short; I was confused by a seemingly unnecessary second request to pull up and hold short and assumed he meant onto the runway to hold short. I used prudence once across the hold line by stopping to check for traffic. I will have a meeting with my instructor to discuss hold short versus line up and hold instructions. This was my first time into [this airport] in at least 10 years and I fly out of a non-towered airport most of the time. I will discuss towered airport operations as an additional topic with my CFI.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.