Narrative:

After landing on runway 36 at oma, tower instructed me to taxi my C206 to the ramp by making a right turn on taxiway C, left turn on runway 32R, right turn at the end, and then contact ground. I looked at the airport diagram for the routing and continued to taxi as instructed. As I approached the end of the runway, and crossed past the red runway end lights/white line on the end of the runway, tower immediately instructed me to stop. After stating that I was told to make a right at the end which was taxiway Y, and instructing me to make a 180 degree turn and taxi onto taxiway Y, tower switched me to ground. Ground instructed me to taxi to the ramp and contact the tower. After shutting down the aircraft, I called the tower as instructed. Tower 'discussed' the situation with me. ATC advised me that the red lights at the runway, and the white line, meant stop. He added that the right turn instructed at the beginning of the taxi clearance meant to turn right onto taxiway Y. He mentioned that when I continued past the end of runway 32R, I was, however, on an active taxiway (taxiway U). After a bit more conversation, clarification, and 'edification,' the call ended without further action by tower. I received and processed all the input received from tower/ground and perceived ATC to be helpful and professional. The confusion that caused this incident, in essence, was the clearance to taxi to the end on runway 32R with a right turn at the end. Looking at the airport diagram, it initially seemed the end was where taxiway B was located. Contributing to this problem was the approximately 1.8 hour flight mission in very turbulent air and winds between 20-30 KTS, the fact that my passenger had 'become sick' at the very end of the flight due to the turbulence, the high winds on the ground, nighttime, a relatively unfamiliar airfield, and that the taxi clearance did not state to 'turn onto taxiway Y' but taxi to the end of runway 32R and then a right turn at the end, all probably contributed to the anomaly. In this situation, taxi to the end I guess to me seemed to the end of the taxi route instructions with the right turn on the taxiway at the end, which was taxiway B. Tower immediately stopped me as I was passing the end of the runway, which seemed they were watching me the whole way. No runway incursion occurred into runway 36, but the tower did aid in preventing an occurrence with stopping my taxi and correcting/rerouting my taxi route.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C210 PLT TAXIED PAST THE RWY END LIGHTS, ONTO AN ACTIVE TXWY.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 36 AT OMA, TWR INSTRUCTED ME TO TAXI MY C206 TO THE RAMP BY MAKING A R TURN ON TXWY C, L TURN ON RWY 32R, R TURN AT THE END, AND THEN CONTACT GND. I LOOKED AT THE ARPT DIAGRAM FOR THE ROUTING AND CONTINUED TO TAXI AS INSTRUCTED. AS I APCHED THE END OF THE RWY, AND CROSSED PAST THE RED RWY END LIGHTS/WHITE LINE ON THE END OF THE RWY, TWR IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED ME TO STOP. AFTER STATING THAT I WAS TOLD TO MAKE A R AT THE END WHICH WAS TXWY Y, AND INSTRUCTING ME TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN AND TAXI ONTO TXWY Y, TWR SWITCHED ME TO GND. GND INSTRUCTED ME TO TAXI TO THE RAMP AND CONTACT THE TWR. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE ACFT, I CALLED THE TWR AS INSTRUCTED. TWR 'DISCUSSED' THE SIT WITH ME. ATC ADVISED ME THAT THE RED LIGHTS AT THE RWY, AND THE WHITE LINE, MEANT STOP. HE ADDED THAT THE R TURN INSTRUCTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAXI CLRNC MEANT TO TURN R ONTO TXWY Y. HE MENTIONED THAT WHEN I CONTINUED PAST THE END OF RWY 32R, I WAS, HOWEVER, ON AN ACTIVE TXWY (TXWY U). AFTER A BIT MORE CONVERSATION, CLARIFICATION, AND 'EDIFICATION,' THE CALL ENDED WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION BY TWR. I RECEIVED AND PROCESSED ALL THE INPUT RECEIVED FROM TWR/GND AND PERCEIVED ATC TO BE HELPFUL AND PROFESSIONAL. THE CONFUSION THAT CAUSED THIS INCIDENT, IN ESSENCE, WAS THE CLRNC TO TAXI TO THE END ON RWY 32R WITH A R TURN AT THE END. LOOKING AT THE ARPT DIAGRAM, IT INITIALLY SEEMED THE END WAS WHERE TXWY B WAS LOCATED. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROB WAS THE APPROX 1.8 HR FLT MISSION IN VERY TURBULENT AIR AND WINDS BTWN 20-30 KTS, THE FACT THAT MY PAX HAD 'BECOME SICK' AT THE VERY END OF THE FLT DUE TO THE TURB, THE HIGH WINDS ON THE GND, NIGHTTIME, A RELATIVELY UNFAMILIAR AIRFIELD, AND THAT THE TAXI CLRNC DID NOT STATE TO 'TURN ONTO TXWY Y' BUT TAXI TO THE END OF RWY 32R AND THEN A R TURN AT THE END, ALL PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ANOMALY. IN THIS SIT, TAXI TO THE END I GUESS TO ME SEEMED TO THE END OF THE TAXI RTE INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE R TURN ON THE TXWY AT THE END, WHICH WAS TXWY B. TWR IMMEDIATELY STOPPED ME AS I WAS PASSING THE END OF THE RWY, WHICH SEEMED THEY WERE WATCHING ME THE WHOLE WAY. NO RWY INCURSION OCCURRED INTO RWY 36, BUT THE TWR DID AID IN PREVENTING AN OCCURRENCE WITH STOPPING MY TAXI AND CORRECTING/REROUTING MY TAXI RTE.

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.