Narrative:

I had filed a flight plan, but clearance delivery could not find it, and I decided to go VFR due to the extensive delays in getting out of teb on a busy friday afternoon. I called ground control after advised to by clearance, and was told to taxi to runway 24 via bravo, cross runway 19 and taxi to the run-up pad. Since, I was located at hangar and taxiway B intersects runway 24 a few hundred ft from the runway numbers. I asked the ground controller that if he wanted, I could depart from the taxiway B/runway 24 intersection. He said I did not need to. After I crossed runway 24 at taxiway B, the ground controller yelled that I had just crossed an active runway. There was no aircraft in position and hold mode or on final approach, because I checked prior to crossing the active. He insisted I had told him I was at an FBO, not a hangar. I do not recall telling him my position at all, since he had been told by clearance delivery I was going to call for taxi instructions. I did not want to engage in an argument on a busy frequency, so I followed his instructions and taxied to the run-up pad after he had 'chewed me out' on the ground control frequency. My understanding was that when you were given a clearance to taxi, you were cleared to cross every runway, including the active, if needed to follow the taxi route assigned to you by ground control. He made a point of stating that his instructions did not permit me to cross the active runway, and repeated that I had told him I was at an FBO. I have never been to or operated an aircraft from the other FBO, and it is highly likely he had gotten saturated due to the high volume of traffic at the airport, since it is unlikely that I would state I was at an FBO I had never visited.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C182 PLT CROSSES RWY 24 WITHOUT CLRNC AT TEB.

Narrative: I HAD FILED A FLT PLAN, BUT CLRNC DELIVERY COULD NOT FIND IT, AND I DECIDED TO GO VFR DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DELAYS IN GETTING OUT OF TEB ON A BUSY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. I CALLED GND CTL AFTER ADVISED TO BY CLRNC, AND WAS TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 24 VIA BRAVO, CROSS RWY 19 AND TAXI TO THE RUN-UP PAD. SINCE, I WAS LOCATED AT HANGAR AND TXWY B INTERSECTS RWY 24 A FEW HUNDRED FT FROM THE RWY NUMBERS. I ASKED THE GND CTLR THAT IF HE WANTED, I COULD DEPART FROM THE TXWY B/RWY 24 INTERSECTION. HE SAID I DID NOT NEED TO. AFTER I CROSSED RWY 24 AT TXWY B, THE GND CTLR YELLED THAT I HAD JUST CROSSED AN ACTIVE RWY. THERE WAS NO ACFT IN POSITION AND HOLD MODE OR ON FINAL APCH, BECAUSE I CHKED PRIOR TO CROSSING THE ACTIVE. HE INSISTED I HAD TOLD HIM I WAS AT AN FBO, NOT A HANGAR. I DO NOT RECALL TELLING HIM MY POS AT ALL, SINCE HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY CLRNC DELIVERY I WAS GOING TO CALL FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. I DID NOT WANT TO ENGAGE IN AN ARGUMENT ON A BUSY FREQUENCY, SO I FOLLOWED HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND TAXIED TO THE RUN-UP PAD AFTER HE HAD 'CHEWED ME OUT' ON THE GND CTL FREQUENCY. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WHEN YOU WERE GIVEN A CLRNC TO TAXI, YOU WERE CLRED TO CROSS EVERY RWY, INCLUDING THE ACTIVE, IF NEEDED TO FOLLOW THE TAXI RTE ASSIGNED TO YOU BY GND CTL. HE MADE A POINT OF STATING THAT HIS INSTRUCTIONS DID NOT PERMIT ME TO CROSS THE ACTIVE RWY, AND REPEATED THAT I HAD TOLD HIM I WAS AT AN FBO. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OR OPERATED AN ACFT FROM THE OTHER FBO, AND IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY HE HAD GOTTEN SATURATED DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF TFC AT THE ARPT, SINCE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT I WOULD STATE I WAS AT AN FBO I HAD NEVER VISITED.

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.