A private pilot flying a C172 at dab became confused with ground control instructions because of sim...

Attributes
ACN	451300
Time
Date	199910
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dab.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 73 flight time type : 69
ASRS Report	451300
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While taxiing back to the ramp I was told to taxi straight ahead and hold short of runway 7L, which I replied. My call sign was aircraft X, and during that moment the controller was also talking with an aircraft Y and an aircraft Z. While I was holding short of runway 7L, I thought hearing the ground controller saying aircraft X expedite your crossing and cross runway 7L, which I did without replying because he told me to hurry. After I had crossed the runway he asked aircraft X did you cross the runway? And I said that's affirmative. Then he came back to me saying that he wasn't talking to me, that he was talking to aircraft Y and never said something about crossing the runway. He finally said ok don't worry but please give us a call when you get to the ramp. I called to the numbers listed on the phone guide and nobody answered. Later I received a call from the manager (I think) of the control tower. We talked about what happened and he told me that I needed to be more careful because of all the student activity that goes on at the airport and finally he said that they were not going to take any action. But anyway I felt the need of filling out this report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PVT PLT FLYING A C172 AT DAB BECAME CONFUSED WITH GND CTL INSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE OF SIMILAR SOUNDING CALL SIGNS RESULTING IN A RWY INCURSION.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE RAMP I WAS TOLD TO TAXI STRAIGHT AHEAD AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 7L, WHICH I REPLIED. MY CALL SIGN WAS ACFT X, AND DURING THAT MOMENT THE CTLR WAS ALSO TALKING WITH AN ACFT Y AND AN ACFT Z. WHILE I WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 7L, I THOUGHT HEARING THE GND CTLR SAYING ACFT X EXPEDITE YOUR XING AND CROSS RWY 7L, WHICH I DID WITHOUT REPLYING BECAUSE HE TOLD ME TO HURRY. AFTER I HAD CROSSED THE RWY HE ASKED ACFT X DID YOU CROSS THE RWY? AND I SAID THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE. THEN HE CAME BACK TO ME SAYING THAT HE WASN'T TALKING TO ME, THAT HE WAS TALKING TO ACFT Y AND NEVER SAID SOMETHING ABOUT XING THE RWY. HE FINALLY SAID OK DON'T WORRY BUT PLEASE GIVE US A CALL WHEN YOU GET TO THE RAMP. I CALLED TO THE NUMBERS LISTED ON THE PHONE GUIDE AND NOBODY ANSWERED. LATER I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE MGR (I THINK) OF THE CTL TWR. WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND HE TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO BE MORE CAREFUL BECAUSE OF ALL THE STUDENT ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON AT THE ARPT AND FINALLY HE SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION. BUT ANYWAY I FELT THE NEED OF FILLING OUT THIS RPT.

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.

A private pilot flying a C172 at dab became confused with ground control instructions because of similar sounding call signs resulting in a runway incursion.