FA20 taxiing for departure crossed runway without clearance and caused go around.

Attributes
ACN	574283
Time
Date	200302
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sat.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Falcon 20FJF/20C/20D/20E/20F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : sat.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 18650 flight time type : 3468
ASRS Report	574283
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : separated traffic controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : executed go around
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Miss Distance	vertical : 400
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared to taxi to runway 30L via runway 3. As we taxied down runway 3, the copilot was briefing me on the alamo departure so his head was down the whole time. Since we were taxiing on a runway, I did not see any runway sign to alert me to the approach end of runway 30L. We have departed from this position before but for some reason I did not see the runway until we were starting across it. Then we saw a B737 doing a go around so it was quicker to continue to the other side of the runway rather than stop in the middle. I have decided that an important element of this incident was having the copilot's eyes down reading the departure during taxi. The other element is, of course, the nonstandard taxi procedure of using the runway. Because this runway T's into the runway we were on, it was not visible until we were very close. If I had been more vigilant, I would have seen it well in advance, but I was distraction by our briefing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FA20 TAXIING FOR DEP CROSSED RWY WITHOUT CLRNC AND CAUSED GAR.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 30L VIA RWY 3. AS WE TAXIED DOWN RWY 3, THE COPLT WAS BRIEFING ME ON THE ALAMO DEP SO HIS HEAD WAS DOWN THE WHOLE TIME. SINCE WE WERE TAXIING ON A RWY, I DID NOT SEE ANY RWY SIGN TO ALERT ME TO THE APCH END OF RWY 30L. WE HAVE DEPARTED FROM THIS POS BEFORE BUT FOR SOME REASON I DID NOT SEE THE RWY UNTIL WE WERE STARTING ACROSS IT. THEN WE SAW A B737 DOING A GAR SO IT WAS QUICKER TO CONTINUE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RWY RATHER THAN STOP IN THE MIDDLE. I HAVE DECIDED THAT AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THIS INCIDENT WAS HAVING THE COPLT'S EYES DOWN READING THE DEP DURING TAXI. THE OTHER ELEMENT IS, OF COURSE, THE NONSTANDARD TAXI PROC OF USING THE RWY. BECAUSE THIS RWY T'S INTO THE RWY WE WERE ON, IT WAS NOT VISIBLE UNTIL WE WERE VERY CLOSE. IF I HAD BEEN MORE VIGILANT, I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT WELL IN ADVANCE, BUT I WAS DISTR BY OUR BRIEFING.

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.