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A light twin pilot attempting to get his nexrad on line; and feeling rushed by other pilots taxied across the active runway. He wrote his taxi clearance on a page with numbers that allowed him to confuse runway 13 with runway 18
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 845741 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DBQ.Airport |
| State Reference | IA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Piper Twin Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 57 Flight Crew Total 5150 Flight Crew Type 2377 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
I was leaving dbq for a VFR flight. I had checked radar at home and felt a heading on course would provide a safe route through weather. After fueling I was urged by other pilots to move so there was urgency to get underway. Ground control advised that I needed to check weather on my route due to thunderstorms. I wrote down the active runway on a sheet that contained previous data. My onboard nexrad radar was not coming on line as I taxied towards the active while I was also talking to ground control. A main focus was to get my onboard radar working. While taxiing I looked at my clipboard and read the active runway. I saw runway 13 when the active was runway 18; so I taxied across runway 18 towards runway 13. The ground controller asked if I was clear of runway 18 and I said yes so he directed me to turn around and hold on runway 18. After 10 more minutes or so my radar became active and I departed runway 18. There was no other traffic for runway 18. To correct the situation I will not get rushed to preflight again and will taxi first and do other things after completing taxi to active; and to confirm the active runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A light twin pilot attempting to get his NEXRAD on line; and feeling rushed by other pilots taxied across the active runway. He wrote his taxi clearance on a page with numbers that allowed him to confuse Runway 13 with Runway 18
Narrative: I was leaving DBQ for a VFR flight. I had checked radar at home and felt a heading on course would provide a safe route through weather. After fueling I was urged by other pilots to move so there was urgency to get underway. Ground Control advised that I needed to check weather on my route due to thunderstorms. I wrote down the active runway on a sheet that contained previous data. My onboard Nexrad radar was not coming on line as I taxied towards the active while I was also talking to Ground Control. A main focus was to get my onboard radar working. While taxiing I looked at my clipboard and read the active runway. I saw Runway 13 when the active was Runway 18; so I taxied across Runway 18 towards Runway 13. The Ground Controller asked if I was clear of Runway 18 and I said yes so he directed me to turn around and hold on Runway 18. After 10 more minutes or so my radar became active and I departed Runway 18. There was no other traffic for Runway 18. To correct the situation I will not get rushed to preflight again and will taxi first and do other things after completing taxi to active; and to confirm the active runway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.