COMMUTER ON LAST FLT OF DAY PASSES HOLD LINE; STOPS BEYOND BUT ON RWY.

Date: 1992-03 · Aircraft: Light Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng

Anomalies: ground-incursion-runway|other-unspecified

Synopsis

COMMUTER ON LAST FLT OF DAY PASSES HOLD LINE; STOPS BEYOND BUT ON RWY.

Narrative

I GOT MY CLRNC FOR UCA; AND CALLED FOR CLRNC TO TAXI. AS SOON AS I HAD THE ENGS RUNNING MY CLRNC WAS TO TAXI TO RWY 34 AT BGM (SE DIAGRAM ON REVERSE SIDE). IN MY HASTE TO STAY ON SCHEDULE; I PROCEEDED OUT TO RWY 28 AND INADVERTENTLY PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 34. I WAS THE ONLY ONE MOVING AT THE ARPT; AND NO ONE; TO MY KNOWLEDGE; WAS ON ANY APCH AT BGM. THE GND CTLR WHO WAS WORKING BOTH GND AND TWR FREQS; TOLD ME TO CONTINUE ACROSS RWY 34; AND I DEPARTED RWY 28 FOR UCA. IF I WAS PAYING MORE ATTN TO MY RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE COCKPIT AND WORRIED LESS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE; I AM CONVINCED THIS OCCURRENCE WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. BEING A NEW CAPT (140 HRS PIC) HAS MANY RESPONSIBILITIES. I NOW SEE THAT A SCHEDULE; ALTHOUGH IT IS IMPORTANT; IT NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AS IMPORTANT THAN THE SAFETY OF THE PAXS NOT ONLY IN MY PLANE; BUT ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY BE AROUND AIRPLANES. THIS IS A ONE TIME EVENT; AND WILL NOT BE REPEATED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 204133. TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE PLTS MUST BE ON THE ALERT TO CONDITIONS THAT INDUCE RELAXATION OF POLICIES; PROCS; AND GENERAL AWARENESS OF OP BEING CONDUCTED. THIS EVENT POSSESSED JUST SUCH CONDITIONS - LAST LEG OF DAY; EMPTY AIRPLANE; QUIET; EMPTY ARPT; A TIME WHEN PLTS MUST MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO REMAIN ALERT; AND TO CONDUCT OP WITH THE SAME ATTN TO DETAIL AS THEY WOULD DURING THE FIRST FLT OF THE DAY.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.