An small aircraft taxiing out to runway 29 for takeoff enters runway 22 without clearance. Reporter ...

Attributes
ACN	360500
Time
Date	199702
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gjt
State Reference	CO
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 Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	360500
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Piper paro was instructed to taxi to runway 29. The pilot taxied out onto runway 04/22 without clearance to conduct a pretkof engine check. Local pilots persistently taxi on runway 04/22 at the intersection of taxiway a when instructed to taxi to runway 29. Transient pilots will remain clear or hold short of runway 04/22 unless authority/authorized by ATC. This is an accident waiting to happen at this facility because the only pilots that access runway 04/22 when instructed to taxi to runway 29 are local pilots whom have been persistently told by the aviation education representative and supervisors that they can taxi on runway 04/22 when instructed to taxi to runway 29. I don't care if this has been done for the past 50 yrs, it is an accident waiting to happen just like the xyz accident. Only local pilots access the runway and not transient pilots. That should clue someone in on the legality of the matter. If an air traffic controller forgets that one of these local pilots is doing a run-up on runway 04/22 or has accessed this runway without approval from the tower and issues a landing clearance to a brasilia which lands on top of one of these local pilots, who is going to be held liable, the FAA or the pilot? I will make damn sure the FAA is held liable.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SMA TAXIING OUT TO RWY 29 FOR TKOF ENTERS RWY 22 WITHOUT CLRNC. RPTR CTLR CLAIMS FACILITY POLICY IS TO ALLOW ACFT TO TAXI ONTO RWY 22 WHEN HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 29. RPTR BELIEVES THAT ACFT SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 22 WHILE TAXIING TO RWY 29.

Narrative: PIPER PARO WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 29. THE PLT TAXIED OUT ONTO RWY 04/22 WITHOUT CLRNC TO CONDUCT A PRETKOF ENG CHK. LCL PLTS PERSISTENTLY TAXI ON RWY 04/22 AT THE INTXN OF TXWY A WHEN INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 29. TRANSIENT PLTS WILL REMAIN CLR OR HOLD SHORT OF RWY 04/22 UNLESS AUTH BY ATC. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AT THIS FACILITY BECAUSE THE ONLY PLTS THAT ACCESS RWY 04/22 WHEN INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 29 ARE LCL PLTS WHOM HAVE BEEN PERSISTENTLY TOLD BY THE AVIATION EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPVRS THAT THEY CAN TAXI ON RWY 04/22 WHEN INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 29. I DON'T CARE IF THIS HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE PAST 50 YRS, IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN JUST LIKE THE XYZ ACCIDENT. ONLY LCL PLTS ACCESS THE RWY AND NOT TRANSIENT PLTS. THAT SHOULD CLUE SOMEONE IN ON THE LEGALITY OF THE MATTER. IF AN AIR TFC CTLR FORGETS THAT ONE OF THESE LCL PLTS IS DOING A RUN-UP ON RWY 04/22 OR HAS ACCESSED THIS RWY WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM THE TWR AND ISSUES A LNDG CLRNC TO A BRASILIA WHICH LANDS ON TOP OF ONE OF THESE LCL PLTS, WHO IS GOING TO BE HELD LIABLE, THE FAA OR THE PLT? I WILL MAKE DAMN SURE THE FAA IS HELD LIABLE.

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.