Narrative:

Taxiing out, ground control advised us to contact tower. We both believed that we heard that we were cleared for takeoff. I then asked for wind check. We proceeded to taxi onto runway for takeoff. As we were turning to line up, tower asked what we were doing and advised that we had not been cleared for takeoff. He then issued takeoff clearance. No conflict. I tried to contact tower chief to see if we could review tapes on why both of us believed that we had clearance but was unavailable due to vacation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GLF3 CREW HAD RWY INCURSION AT ILG.

Narrative: TAXIING OUT, GND CTL ADVISED US TO CONTACT TWR. WE BOTH BELIEVED THAT WE HEARD THAT WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. I THEN ASKED FOR WIND CHK. WE PROCEEDED TO TAXI ONTO RWY FOR TKOF. AS WE WERE TURNING TO LINE UP, TWR ASKED WHAT WE WERE DOING AND ADVISED THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN CLRED FOR TKOF. HE THEN ISSUED TKOF CLRNC. NO CONFLICT. I TRIED TO CONTACT TWR CHIEF TO SEE IF WE COULD REVIEW TAPES ON WHY BOTH OF US BELIEVED THAT WE HAD CLRNC BUT WAS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO VACATION.

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.