Narrative:

On aug/sat/02, at XA10 I landed on runway 31L at rhv in good WX and visibility. I was told to turn off the runway and hold short of runway 31R, which I did. After I had been stationary for only a few seconds tower instructed me to cross runway 31R and turn left onto the taxiway (Y or Z, I don't recall). Slightly puzzled because I hadn't told them which direction I wanted to go I began to comply, moving slowly. At the same time my instructor began to acknowledge the taxi instruction. After I had crossed the runway 31R hold short line, but before I had actually reached the runway itself I was told by tower that I should not have moved and the instruction had been for another aircraft. The error was that the tower had used the wrong call sign -- both I and my instructor clearly heard our call sign, and complied with the instruction. The lesson I learned from this is that in taxiing, I should read back the instruction before executing the instruction, instead of doing them both at the same time. The only problem with this is that sometimes they want me to expedite some taxiing and runway xings, and reading back before execution adds a short delay.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SOCATA TB21 INST RATING STUDENT, AND INSTRUCTOR, BOTH HEARD TWR CTLR CLR THEM TO CROSS RWY TO WHICH THEY WERE HOLDING, AND THEN INSTRUCTED TO STOP BY TWR SINCE THE CLRNC WAS NOT FOR THEM.

Narrative: ON AUG/SAT/02, AT XA10 I LANDED ON RWY 31L AT RHV IN GOOD WX AND VISIBILITY. I WAS TOLD TO TURN OFF THE RWY AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 31R, WHICH I DID. AFTER I HAD BEEN STATIONARY FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS TWR INSTRUCTED ME TO CROSS RWY 31R AND TURN L ONTO THE TXWY (Y OR Z, I DON'T RECALL). SLIGHTLY PUZZLED BECAUSE I HADN'T TOLD THEM WHICH DIRECTION I WANTED TO GO I BEGAN TO COMPLY, MOVING SLOWLY. AT THE SAME TIME MY INSTRUCTOR BEGAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TAXI INSTRUCTION. AFTER I HAD CROSSED THE RWY 31R HOLD SHORT LINE, BUT BEFORE I HAD ACTUALLY REACHED THE RWY ITSELF I WAS TOLD BY TWR THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED AND THE INSTRUCTION HAD BEEN FOR ANOTHER ACFT. THE ERROR WAS THAT THE TWR HAD USED THE WRONG CALL SIGN -- BOTH I AND MY INSTRUCTOR CLRLY HEARD OUR CALL SIGN, AND COMPLIED WITH THE INSTRUCTION. THE LESSON I LEARNED FROM THIS IS THAT IN TAXIING, I SHOULD READ BACK THE INSTRUCTION BEFORE EXECUTING THE INSTRUCTION, INSTEAD OF DOING THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. THE ONLY PROB WITH THIS IS THAT SOMETIMES THEY WANT ME TO EXPEDITE SOME TAXIING AND RWY XINGS, AND READING BACK BEFORE EXECUTION ADDS A SHORT DELAY.

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.