Narrative:

I landed on runway 23 with a thunderstorm approaching and windshear warning in effect; cleared on taxiway right; stopped and contacted ground control. I was cleared to cross runway 18L on taxiway right and taxi which I proceeded to do after reading back my taxi clearance. By the time I reached the hold line the storm was almost over the airport with gusty winds and what looked like smoke blowing across the northern part of the airport; I had to work at just keeping the aircraft straight. Then I heard ground control telling me to hold position; repeated 3 or 4 times. I stopped with the entire aircraft over the hold line on the runway side and informed ground control that I was over the hold line. When I looked to my left; I saw a B737 on its takeoff run on runway 18L no more than 100 yards from the taxiway intersection. It rotated just past the taxiway I was on. There was no way it could have missed me had I not stopped. I always make a point of checking the runway both ways when cleared to cross; and when instructing would emphasize that point to my students and show them the FAA runway incursion dvd which I have in my possession but perhaps due to the unusual WX conditions on the airport this one time I hadn't done so. I can only assume the problem was caused by lack of communication between the tower and ground controllers; but since I wasn't monitoring the tower frequency; I have no way of knowing for sure. It was made worse by my brief distraction by the 'smoke' blowing over the ramp and txwys to my left -- I thought there was a fire somewhere. The solution is simply to follow my own rules; and the advice given in the FAA dvd -- check both ways!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C402 PLT LNDG CLT WAS CLRED TO CROSS RWY 18L BY GND CTL; BUT THEN TOLD TO HOLD SHORT FOR DEP TFC ON RWY 18L AFTER XING HOLD LINES.

Narrative: I LANDED ON RWY 23 WITH A TSTM APCHING AND WINDSHEAR WARNING IN EFFECT; CLRED ON TXWY R; STOPPED AND CONTACTED GND CTL. I WAS CLRED TO CROSS RWY 18L ON TXWY R AND TAXI WHICH I PROCEEDED TO DO AFTER READING BACK MY TAXI CLRNC. BY THE TIME I REACHED THE HOLD LINE THE STORM WAS ALMOST OVER THE ARPT WITH GUSTY WINDS AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE SMOKE BLOWING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ARPT; I HAD TO WORK AT JUST KEEPING THE ACFT STRAIGHT. THEN I HEARD GND CTL TELLING ME TO HOLD POS; REPEATED 3 OR 4 TIMES. I STOPPED WITH THE ENTIRE ACFT OVER THE HOLD LINE ON THE RWY SIDE AND INFORMED GND CTL THAT I WAS OVER THE HOLD LINE. WHEN I LOOKED TO MY L; I SAW A B737 ON ITS TKOF RUN ON RWY 18L NO MORE THAN 100 YARDS FROM THE TXWY INTXN. IT ROTATED JUST PAST THE TXWY I WAS ON. THERE WAS NO WAY IT COULD HAVE MISSED ME HAD I NOT STOPPED. I ALWAYS MAKE A POINT OF CHKING THE RWY BOTH WAYS WHEN CLRED TO CROSS; AND WHEN INSTRUCTING WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT POINT TO MY STUDENTS AND SHOW THEM THE FAA RWY INCURSION DVD WHICH I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION BUT PERHAPS DUE TO THE UNUSUAL WX CONDITIONS ON THE ARPT THIS ONE TIME I HADN'T DONE SO. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THE PROB WAS CAUSED BY LACK OF COM BTWN THE TWR AND GND CTLRS; BUT SINCE I WASN'T MONITORING THE TWR FREQ; I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE. IT WAS MADE WORSE BY MY BRIEF DISTR BY THE 'SMOKE' BLOWING OVER THE RAMP AND TXWYS TO MY L -- I THOUGHT THERE WAS A FIRE SOMEWHERE. THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLY TO FOLLOW MY OWN RULES; AND THE ADVICE GIVEN IN THE FAA DVD -- CHK BOTH WAYS!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.