Small transport pilot departs wrong runway.

Attributes
ACN	142407
Time
Date	199004
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : huf
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 43 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 270
ASRS Report	142407
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was checking with tower confirming I was cleared for takeoff. (Runway 13 and 18 have a mutual threshold). ATIS and tower were giving runway 13 as the active but when I rechked thought he cleared me for runway 18 departure and did depart runway 18.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT PLT DEPARTS WRONG RWY.

Narrative: I WAS CHKING WITH TWR CONFIRMING I WAS CLRED FOR TKOF. (RWY 13 AND 18 HAVE A MUTUAL THRESHOLD). ATIS AND TWR WERE GIVING RWY 13 AS THE ACTIVE BUT WHEN I RECHKED THOUGHT HE CLRED ME FOR RWY 18 DEP AND DID DEPART RWY 18.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.