A pilot fueled his aircraft at the sgf general aviation self service fuel station and when unable to...

Narrative:

The FBO ramp at the springfield/branson; sgf airport does not allow movement from the self service fuel station to general parking without taxi onto a controlled movement area; even though there is pavement that allows it. I was fueling my airplane after landing and upon engine start I needed to taxi to parking for the night. I was unable to contact springfield ground; even after numerous attempts for authorization to taxi about 500 ft on a controlled movement taxiway. The paved area that would allow movement without ATC authorization had signage indicating 'no aircraft.' this needs correction to enable aircraft movement from fuel area to parking without ATC authorization. This should be a simple change in signage. This did not result in any incident of any kind and could be easily corrected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Pilot fueled his aircraft at the SGF General Aviation Self Service fuel station and when unable to contact Ground Control for taxi clearance to general aviation parking he taxied on an unauthorized taxiway to it.

Narrative: The FBO ramp at the Springfield/Branson; SGF airport does not allow movement from the self service fuel station to general parking without taxi onto a controlled movement area; even though there is pavement that allows it. I was fueling my airplane after landing and upon engine start I needed to taxi to parking for the night. I was unable to contact Springfield Ground; even after numerous attempts for authorization to taxi about 500 FT on a controlled movement taxiway. The paved area that would allow movement without ATC authorization had signage indicating 'no aircraft.' This needs correction to enable aircraft movement from fuel area to parking without ATC authorization. This should be a simple change in signage. This did not result in any incident of any kind and could be easily corrected.

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.

Attributes
ACN	966946
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SGF.Airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Ground Excursion Taxiway

A pilot fueled his aircraft at the sgf general aviation self service fuel station and when unable to contact ground control for taxi clearance to general aviation parking he taxied on an unauthorized taxiway to it.