Small aircraft pilot has a runway incursion at adm.

Attributes
ACN	584085
Time
Date	200306
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : adm.airport
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 20110
ASRS Report	584085
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	controller : ground
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Ardmore municipal is an old, closed AFB. I am not familiar with the airport. I was located at the FBO when I called for taxi information. Tower told me to taxi to runway 13 via taxiway a, which is parallel with runway 17. There is a very large ramp area along taxiway a which has yellow taxi lines every so far apart leading to runway 17. This ramp area has a lot of grass growing on it. The tower operator told me, after I was taxiing some distance down taxiway a, to turn right next taxiway and taxi down runway 17. As I was taxiing on the runway, I was thinking to myself 'tower should have told me to back-taxi runway 17.' at that time, tower advised me I was on the runway and to make the next left and clear the runway, which I did. Runway 13 was the active runway. Since I was sbound, tower gave me runway 17 for departure, thus the miscom. There was no traffic inbound for runway 17. No conflict. The numerous yellow taxi lines on the old ramp are misleading. I was using the airport diagram at the time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT HAS A RWY INCURSION AT ADM.

Narrative: ARDMORE MUNICIPAL IS AN OLD, CLOSED AFB. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT. I WAS LOCATED AT THE FBO WHEN I CALLED FOR TAXI INFO. TWR TOLD ME TO TAXI TO RWY 13 VIA TXWY A, WHICH IS PARALLEL WITH RWY 17. THERE IS A VERY LARGE RAMP AREA ALONG TXWY A WHICH HAS YELLOW TAXI LINES EVERY SO FAR APART LEADING TO RWY 17. THIS RAMP AREA HAS A LOT OF GRASS GROWING ON IT. THE TWR OPERATOR TOLD ME, AFTER I WAS TAXIING SOME DISTANCE DOWN TXWY A, TO TURN R NEXT TXWY AND TAXI DOWN RWY 17. AS I WAS TAXIING ON THE RWY, I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF 'TWR SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME TO BACK-TAXI RWY 17.' AT THAT TIME, TWR ADVISED ME I WAS ON THE RWY AND TO MAKE THE NEXT L AND CLR THE RWY, WHICH I DID. RWY 13 WAS THE ACTIVE RWY. SINCE I WAS SBOUND, TWR GAVE ME RWY 17 FOR DEP, THUS THE MISCOM. THERE WAS NO TFC INBOUND FOR RWY 17. NO CONFLICT. THE NUMEROUS YELLOW TAXI LINES ON THE OLD RAMP ARE MISLEADING. I WAS USING THE ARPT DIAGRAM AT THE TIME.

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.