<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1452292, May 2017

C172 instructor reported taxiing onto the runway at L35 while another aircraft was taking off from the opposite end. They quickly exited the runway.

Attributes
ACN	1452292
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	L35.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 650 Flight Crew Type 550
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway
Miss Distance	Vertical 40

Narrative:

Departing a new airport on an IFR flight plan; we announced on CTAF that we were taxiing to a departure runway via the taxiway. We were under a time constraint from clearance delivery (short clearance void time) and were feeling rushed to get off the ground. The only runway at this airport is parallel with all taxiways. Seeing the taxiway location sign ahead; we mistakenly entered a runway while another light aircraft was departing from the other end. As we noticed the white centerline markings; the departing aircraft passed over us and we quickly exited the runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 instructor reported taxiing onto the runway at L35 while another aircraft was taking off from the opposite end. They quickly exited the runway.

Narrative: Departing a new airport on an IFR flight plan; we announced on CTAF that we were taxiing to a departure runway via the taxiway. We were under a time constraint from clearance delivery (short clearance void time) and were feeling rushed to get off the ground. The only runway at this airport is parallel with all taxiways. Seeing the taxiway location sign ahead; we mistakenly entered a runway while another light aircraft was departing from the other end. As we noticed the white centerline markings; the departing aircraft passed over us and we quickly exited the runway.

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.