GA small aircraft unauthorized runway crossing.

Attributes
ACN	155305
Time
Date	199008
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : orf
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 500
ASRS Report	155305
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

While on the after landing roll the tower controller instructed our aircraft to make a right turn on taxiway golf and contact ground point 9. My student readback the clearance and we turned off runway 5 onto taxiway golf. The problem occurred when neither my student or myself called ground control. We continued to taxi and crossed over the hold short line for runway 32 when I finally realized the potentially disastrous mistake we were about to make. I slammed on the brakes just before crossing runway 32. Runway 32 was not in use. I immediately called ground control. The controller casually said 'cleared to the ramp.' I tried to call the tower several times to apologize but no one was answering the phones. The mistake I made was to lapse into mode of complacency that occurs at our home airport. After landing at our home base the control tower almost always instructs the aircraft to turn right at the next taxiway and taxi to the ramp. We seldom are instructed to contact ground on point niner. I have relayed my experience to my chief flight instrument and he has ask them to always instruct pilots to contact ground control after landing. I feel this practice will greatly help future students as well as myself from becoming complacent and avoid the common expectation of being automatically cleared to the ramp by the tower instead of the ground controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA UNAUTH RWY CROSSING.

Narrative: WHILE ON THE AFTER LNDG ROLL THE TWR CTLR INSTRUCTED OUR ACFT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON TXWY GOLF AND CONTACT GND POINT 9. MY STUDENT READBACK THE CLRNC AND WE TURNED OFF RWY 5 ONTO TXWY GOLF. THE PROB OCCURRED WHEN NEITHER MY STUDENT OR MYSELF CALLED GND CTL. WE CONTINUED TO TAXI AND CROSSED OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 32 WHEN I FINALLY REALIZED THE POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS MISTAKE WE WERE ABOUT TO MAKE. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES JUST BEFORE XING RWY 32. RWY 32 WAS NOT IN USE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED GND CTL. THE CTLR CASUALLY SAID 'CLRED TO THE RAMP.' I TRIED TO CALL THE TWR SEVERAL TIMES TO APOLOGIZE BUT NO ONE WAS ANSWERING THE PHONES. THE MISTAKE I MADE WAS TO LAPSE INTO MODE OF COMPLACENCY THAT OCCURS AT OUR HOME ARPT. AFTER LNDG AT OUR HOME BASE THE CTL TWR ALMOST ALWAYS INSTRUCTS THE ACFT TO TURN RIGHT AT THE NEXT TXWY AND TAXI TO THE RAMP. WE SELDOM ARE INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT GND ON POINT NINER. I HAVE RELAYED MY EXPERIENCE TO MY CHIEF FLT INSTR AND HE HAS ASK THEM TO ALWAYS INSTRUCT PLTS TO CONTACT GND CTL AFTER LNDG. I FEEL THIS PRACTICE WILL GREATLY HELP FUTURE STUDENTS AS WELL AS MYSELF FROM BECOMING COMPLACENT AND AVOID THE COMMON EXPECTATION OF BEING AUTOMATICALLY CLRED TO THE RAMP BY THE TWR INSTEAD OF THE GND CTLR.

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.