Narrative:

Unfamiliar with airport. Was instructed to taxi to runway 24. No sign on west and of ramp giving direction to taxi. Took wrong taxiway. Tower was busy, didn't notice my mistake. When I got to runway 24, asked if I was supposed to back-taxi on runway 24. I must have been beyond hold line, was told to get off runway (runway 24 was active, but no traffic at the time). Had trouble initially getting instructions from ground control on how to comply satisfactorily with their request. Any move I made seemed to be wrong. Lesson -- I had a map of the txwys in the plane, I hadn't studied it well enough.

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Title: PLT OF SMA ENTERED RWY AT JXN WITHOUT CLRNC. WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH ARPT AND FAILED TO UTILIZE ARPT CHART.

Narrative: UNFAMILIAR WITH ARPT. WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 24. NO SIGN ON W AND OF RAMP GIVING DIRECTION TO TAXI. TOOK WRONG TXWY. TWR WAS BUSY, DIDN'T NOTICE MY MISTAKE. WHEN I GOT TO RWY 24, ASKED IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO BACK-TAXI ON RWY 24. I MUST HAVE BEEN BEYOND HOLD LINE, WAS TOLD TO GET OFF RWY (RWY 24 WAS ACTIVE, BUT NO TFC AT THE TIME). HAD TROUBLE INITIALLY GETTING INSTRUCTIONS FROM GND CTL ON HOW TO COMPLY SATISFACTORILY WITH THEIR REQUEST. ANY MOVE I MADE SEEMED TO BE WRONG. LESSON -- I HAD A MAP OF THE TXWYS IN THE PLANE, I HADN'T STUDIED IT WELL ENOUGH.

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.