S76 crew had runway incursion on runway 29 at bdr.

Attributes
ACN	490500
Time
Date	200010
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdr.airport
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : vhhh.tower
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	S-76/S-76 Mark II
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 5250
ASRS Report	490500
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : bdr.tower staffing : bdr.tower

Narrative:

ATC claims that we were cleared to a taxiway, not a runway. We taxied onto a runway and were told to clear runway which we did and then we were cleared for takeoff. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: crew was flying an S76 helicopter. Reporter states that there is a problem with one particular bdr ground controller phraseology. The clearance they wre given was 'taxi onto runway 29 via taxiway east.' other ground controllers give 'taxi to runway 29 via taxiway east, hold short of runway 29.' in a discussion with the tower supervisor, he said this had happened before.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S76 CREW HAD RWY INCURSION ON RWY 29 AT BDR.

Narrative: ATC CLAIMS THAT WE WERE CLRED TO A TXWY, NOT A RWY. WE TAXIED ONTO A RWY AND WERE TOLD TO CLR RWY WHICH WE DID AND THEN WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CREW WAS FLYING AN S76 HELI. RPTR STATES THAT THERE IS A PROB WITH ONE PARTICULAR BDR GND CTLR PHRASEOLOGY. THE CLRNC THEY WRE GIVEN WAS 'TAXI ONTO RWY 29 VIA TXWY E.' OTHER GND CTLRS GIVE 'TAXI TO RWY 29 VIA TXWY E, HOLD SHORT OF RWY 29.' IN A DISCUSSION WITH THE TWR SUPVR, HE SAID THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE.

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.