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A rockwell twin commander 500 pilot taxied to the opposite end of the runway to which assigned due to distraction of other observed traffic arriving and departing from that direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 562178 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rno.airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : atl.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Commander 500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 30000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 562178 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I misunderstood ground's taxi instruction and taxied to the wrong runway. Evidently, ground cleared me to runway 34R. Just prior to my departure, I had observed planes landing to the south on runways 16L&right, so even though my instructions were to runway 34R, I was thinking runway 16. During my taxi to runway 16, nothing was said from ground control and there was not any traffic around. So, after my run-up, tower asked me where I was. I said I was near the runway and he said I had taxied to the wrong runway. I asked him if I could depart runway 16L and tower said yes, and he cleared me for takeoff on runway 16L. There was not any conflict with other traffic. I had simply misunderstood the taxi instruction because of my earlier visual observation of traffic arriving and departing to south. I learned a good lesson: be more attentive to controller instructions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ROCKWELL TWIN COMMANDER 500 PLT TAXIED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RWY TO WHICH ASSIGNED DUE TO DISTR OF OTHER OBSERVED TFC ARRIVING AND DEPARTING FROM THAT DIRECTION.
Narrative: I MISUNDERSTOOD GND'S TAXI INSTRUCTION AND TAXIED TO THE WRONG RWY. EVIDENTLY, GND CLRED ME TO RWY 34R. JUST PRIOR TO MY DEP, I HAD OBSERVED PLANES LNDG TO THE S ON RWYS 16L&R, SO EVEN THOUGH MY INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO RWY 34R, I WAS THINKING RWY 16. DURING MY TAXI TO RWY 16, NOTHING WAS SAID FROM GND CTL AND THERE WAS NOT ANY TFC AROUND. SO, AFTER MY RUN-UP, TWR ASKED ME WHERE I WAS. I SAID I WAS NEAR THE RWY AND HE SAID I HAD TAXIED TO THE WRONG RWY. I ASKED HIM IF I COULD DEPART RWY 16L AND TWR SAID YES, AND HE CLRED ME FOR TKOF ON RWY 16L. THERE WAS NOT ANY CONFLICT WITH OTHER TFC. I HAD SIMPLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE TAXI INSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF MY EARLIER VISUAL OBSERVATION OF TFC ARRIVING AND DEPARTING TO S. I LEARNED A GOOD LESSON: BE MORE ATTENTIVE TO CTLR INSTRUCTIONS.
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.