Narrative:

Ground instructed me to taxi on an inactive runway (6/24) en route to my takeoff intersection for runway 1 at taxiway K. I was instructed to hold short at the intersection of the active runway, which I understood and read back (that is, hold short of runway 1 while on runway 6). During my taxi, I approached the intersection much more quickly than I anticipated and when I looked out the window, had crossed the hold short position. As I had violated and didn't feel I could stop prior to being in the middle of the intersection, I radioed to ground that I had incurred the runway and would continue to taxi immediately through to the opposite hold short position. Being safely on the opposite side, ground control taxied me back to the FBO and instructed me to call the tower. I believe I violated the runway because my attention during taxi was momentarily diverted inside the aircraft to fix my heading indicator. Also, because I was taxiing on a runway, I was taxiing slightly faster than normal. I was not prepared to properly hold short at the required location. A possible third contributing factor was my comfort level with the airport. I had trained and spent many hours taxiing at this airport. As a result, I might have not been keeping myself as vigilant as I should have been. In the future, I will not allow aircraft activities distract me from focusing outside on taxi operations. Also, despite a temptation to taxi faster on a wide, large, runway self control needs to be maintained to keep a normal taxi speed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 PVT PLT IS CALLED BACK TO THE RAMP TO TALK WITH TWR CTLR AFTER XING ACTIVE RWY 1. RPTR HAD DONE A HIGH SPD TAXI ON RWY 06-24 WHILE ADJUSTING HIS HEADING INDICATOR AT TEB, NJ.

Narrative: GND INSTRUCTED ME TO TAXI ON AN INACTIVE RWY (6/24) ENRTE TO MY TKOF INTXN FOR RWY 1 AT TXWY K. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT AT THE INTXN OF THE ACTIVE RWY, WHICH I UNDERSTOOD AND READ BACK (THAT IS, HOLD SHORT OF RWY 1 WHILE ON RWY 6). DURING MY TAXI, I APCHED THE INTXN MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN I ANTICIPATED AND WHEN I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, HAD CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT POS. AS I HAD VIOLATED AND DIDN'T FEEL I COULD STOP PRIOR TO BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTXN, I RADIOED TO GND THAT I HAD INCURRED THE RWY AND WOULD CONTINUE TO TAXI IMMEDIATELY THROUGH TO THE OPPOSITE HOLD SHORT POS. BEING SAFELY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, GND CTL TAXIED ME BACK TO THE FBO AND INSTRUCTED ME TO CALL THE TWR. I BELIEVE I VIOLATED THE RWY BECAUSE MY ATTN DURING TAXI WAS MOMENTARILY DIVERTED INSIDE THE ACFT TO FIX MY HEADING INDICATOR. ALSO, BECAUSE I WAS TAXIING ON A RWY, I WAS TAXIING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN NORMAL. I WAS NOT PREPARED TO PROPERLY HOLD SHORT AT THE REQUIRED LOCATION. A POSSIBLE THIRD CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS MY COMFORT LEVEL WITH THE ARPT. I HAD TRAINED AND SPENT MANY HRS TAXIING AT THIS ARPT. AS A RESULT, I MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING MYSELF AS VIGILANT AS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL NOT ALLOW ACFT ACTIVITIES DISTRACT ME FROM FOCUSING OUTSIDE ON TAXI OPS. ALSO, DESPITE A TEMPTATION TO TAXI FASTER ON A WIDE, LARGE, RWY SELF CTL NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED TO KEEP A NORMAL TAXI SPD.

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.