Narrative:

I was cleared to taxi to a runway with no hold short of any other runway. I taxied as requested and held short of the assigned runway on another runway and called tower for takeoff. Tower thought I should have held short of the other runway. I would have done that if I was cleared to the assigned runway and told to hold short of the other runway that was along the taxi route. I have flown out of this airport thousands of times which has poorly designed runway and taxiway patterns and high runway incursion problems. I would suggest that controllers be more precise in their communications. I always taxi with a taxiway chart open at this airport.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT FAILS TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY HE CROSSED DURING TAXI OUT DUE TO NOT HEARING ANY TWR CTLR INSTRUCTION TO DO SO.

Narrative: I WAS CLRED TO TAXI TO A RWY WITH NO HOLD SHORT OF ANY OTHER RWY. I TAXIED AS REQUESTED AND HELD SHORT OF THE ASSIGNED RWY ON ANOTHER RWY AND CALLED TWR FOR TKOF. TWR THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE HELD SHORT OF THE OTHER RWY. I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT IF I WAS CLRED TO THE ASSIGNED RWY AND TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF THE OTHER RWY THAT WAS ALONG THE TAXI RTE. I HAVE FLOWN OUT OF THIS ARPT THOUSANDS OF TIMES WHICH HAS POORLY DESIGNED RWY AND TXWY PATTERNS AND HIGH RWY INCURSION PROBS. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT CTLRS BE MORE PRECISE IN THEIR COMS. I ALWAYS TAXI WITH A TXWY CHART OPEN AT THIS ARPT.

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.