A corporate pilot landed on dwh runway 17R and after exiting on taxiway east crossed runway 17L beca...

Attributes
ACN	935868
Time
Date	201103
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DWH.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 5700 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

Departed iah on tower to tower clearance. Weather was VMC. Vector was given from houston departure. Transferred to hooks tower. Told to enter left traffic for 17 right runway. At this time I did not have the field in site and had not entered the class 'D' airspace. When the field was sited I was in a better position for right traffic. Asked tower for right traffic before entering. Instructions were given for right traffic. Then cleared to land. After exiting the runway. Instructed to contact ground. Parallel runway is very close to each other. The left runway did not intersect the taxiway being used. Markings are obstructed by overgrown grass. While taxiing contacted ground. Told that I had crossed an active runway. Very close proximity of two runways and poor markings make this intersection very hard to see.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A corporate pilot landed on DWH Runway 17R and after exiting on Taxiway E crossed Runway 17L because the runways are very close to each other and the runway signage was obscured by tall vegetation.

Narrative: Departed IAH on Tower to Tower clearance. Weather was VMC. Vector was given from Houston Departure. Transferred to Hooks Tower. Told to enter left traffic for 17 Right runway. At this time I did not have the field in site and had not entered the Class 'D' airspace. When the field was sited I was in a better position for right traffic. Asked Tower for right traffic before entering. Instructions were given for right traffic. Then cleared to land. After exiting the runway. instructed to contact ground. Parallel runway is very close to each other. The left runway did not intersect the taxiway being used. Markings are obstructed by overgrown grass. while taxiing contacted ground. Told that I had crossed an active runway. Very close proximity of two runways and poor markings make this intersection very hard to see.

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.

A corporate pilot landed on dwh runway 17R and after exiting on taxiway east crossed runway 17L because the runways are very close to each other and the runway signage was obscured by tall vegetation.