Narrative:

After landing on runway 34 in ric; I exited runway 34 on taxiway north. I was initially instructed by tower to turn left on north and hold short runway 02. Once I was short of runway 02 on taxiway north I was instructed to turn left on runway 02 and right on taxiway B and contact ground. I looked left. Stated that the left was clear and proceeded onto the runway. It was not until I was on runway 02 that I saw a small jet on short final for runway 02. The tower controller noticed his mistake and instructed the jet to go around. I was so distracted by the jet coming right at me; I taxied right past taxiway B (a reverse high speed; with no lead off line or signage coming from that direction). Under direction of the tower; I exited the runway on taxiway C and taxied to the ramp.once making the turn onto runway 02 I came face to face with another aircraft on final. This event occurred because the tower controller made a mistake. The air traffic controller sent the jet on final around.I could not have done anything to keep the controller from making the mistake in the first place; but in the future I will be much more diligent in being absolutely sure there is not arriving or departing traffic before entering the runway. I always make a point to visually and verbally clear runways before I enter them. However for the most part I am not expecting ATC to clear me onto a runway that someone is landing on. I certainly will no longer operate under this assumption and will be using much more caution when entering active runways.

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Title: Flight crew reported receiving a clearance to taxi on a runway. Upon entering the runway the pilot observed an aircraft on short final for the runway.

Narrative: After landing on Runway 34 in RIC; I exited Runway 34 on taxiway N. I was initially instructed by Tower to turn left on N and hold short Runway 02. Once I was short of Runway 02 on Taxiway N I was instructed to turn left on Runway 02 and right on Taxiway B and contact ground. I looked left. Stated that the left was clear and proceeded onto the runway. It was not until I was on Runway 02 that I saw a small jet on short final for Runway 02. The Tower Controller noticed his mistake and instructed the jet to go around. I was so distracted by the jet coming right at me; I taxied right past Taxiway B (a reverse high speed; with no lead off line or signage coming from that direction). Under direction of the Tower; I exited the runway on Taxiway C and taxied to the ramp.Once making the turn onto Runway 02 I came face to face with another aircraft on final. This event occurred because the Tower Controller made a mistake. The air traffic controller sent the jet on final around.I could not have done anything to keep the controller from making the mistake in the first place; but in the future I will be much more diligent in being absolutely sure there is not arriving or departing traffic before entering the runway. I always make a point to visually and verbally clear runways before I enter them. However for the most part I am not expecting ATC to clear me onto a runway that someone is landing on. I certainly will no longer operate under this assumption and will be using much more caution when entering active runways.

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.