Narrative:

We arrived at the aircraft 2 hours prior to scheduled departure. Our passenger were approximately 1 hour early. We took our time to finish all preflight preparations, started engines and taxied out to runway 13L after receiving a taxi clearance from ground control. I was taxiing and the copilot informed me of a discrepancy in our clearance to sba. I asked him to clarify with clearance delivery, which took away from his focus on our taxi. It became apparent that the clearance, which was given to us was very wrong, as many fixes did not coincide with our filed route. The copilot became quite involved with trying to fix the routing with clearance delivery. My attention was divided between taxiing the G2 and the communication which took place between the copilot and ATC. I determined that it would be safer to discontinue the taxi and pulled into the intersection prior to crossing runway 18, which we had been cleared to cross by virtue of our ground clearance to taxi to runway 13L. ATC advised us that we were to continue to the end. We proceeded per their instruction safely. Much of our attention was diverted away from our primary duty to taxi from the ramp to the end of the runway. Should this situation occur again, I would elect not to take care of the correction while taxiing and wait until reaching a safe run-up area.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: G1159 CREW TRYING TO CLR UP A DISCREPANCY WITH THEIR CLRNC BECOME DISTRACTED WHILE TAXIING TO THE RWY.

Narrative: WE ARRIVED AT THE ACFT 2 HRS PRIOR TO SCHEDULED DEP. OUR PAX WERE APPROX 1 HR EARLY. WE TOOK OUR TIME TO FINISH ALL PREFLT PREPARATIONS, STARTED ENGS AND TAXIED OUT TO RWY 13L AFTER RECEIVING A TAXI CLRNC FROM GND CTL. I WAS TAXIING AND THE COPLT INFORMED ME OF A DISCREPANCY IN OUR CLRNC TO SBA. I ASKED HIM TO CLARIFY WITH CLRNC DELIVERY, WHICH TOOK AWAY FROM HIS FOCUS ON OUR TAXI. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE CLRNC, WHICH WAS GIVEN TO US WAS VERY WRONG, AS MANY FIXES DID NOT COINCIDE WITH OUR FILED RTE. THE COPLT BECAME QUITE INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO FIX THE ROUTING WITH CLRNC DELIVERY. MY ATTN WAS DIVIDED BTWN TAXIING THE G2 AND THE COM WHICH TOOK PLACE BTWN THE COPLT AND ATC. I DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE SAFER TO DISCONTINUE THE TAXI AND PULLED INTO THE INTXN PRIOR TO XING RWY 18, WHICH WE HAD BEEN CLRED TO CROSS BY VIRTUE OF OUR GND CLRNC TO TAXI TO RWY 13L. ATC ADVISED US THAT WE WERE TO CONTINUE TO THE END. WE PROCEEDED PER THEIR INSTRUCTION SAFELY. MUCH OF OUR ATTN WAS DIVERTED AWAY FROM OUR PRIMARY DUTY TO TAXI FROM THE RAMP TO THE END OF THE RWY. SHOULD THIS SIT OCCUR AGAIN, I WOULD ELECT NOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE CORRECTION WHILE TAXIING AND WAIT UNTIL REACHING A SAFE RUN-UP AREA.

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.