A PVT SMA PLT TAXIED ONTO A RWY WITH CLRNC.

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INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE PROCESS OF TAXIING TO ACTIVE RWY 14. THE PRINCIPLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN THE PLT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH NEWCASTLE COUNTY ARPT; AND THE UNUSUAL RWY/TAXIWAY CONFIGN AT THE JUNCTION OF RWY 09; RWY 14; AND TAXIWAY KILO. FOLLOWING ACFT RUN- UP AT THE GENERAL AVIATION RAMP ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY KILO; THE PLT CALLED GND CTL FOR CLRNC TO RWY 14. ON RECEIVING CLRNC TO TAXI VIA TAXIWAY KILO; THE PLT PROCEEDED TO THE JUNCTION OF KILO AND RWYS 09 AND 14. PREOCCUPIED WITH DIFFERENTIATING BTWN RWY 09 AND RWY 14; TO ENSURE ACCESSING THE CORRECT RWY; THE PLT DID NOT OBSERVE THE HOLDING LINE AND INADVERTENTLY TAXIED ONTO RWY 14. AT THIS POINT; HAVING ARRIVED ON RWY 14 IN TKOF POS; THE PLT CONTACTED THE TWR AND WAS CLRED FOR TKOF. FOLLOWING TKOF; THE PLT WAS NOTIFIED TO SWITCH TO GND CTL FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE SUPVR. THE ESSENCE OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE SUPVR WAS FOR HIM TO ENSURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT I HAD VIOLATED THE REGS BY TAXIING ONTO RWY 14 WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION; AND FOR ME TO REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. IN RESPONSE; I REPLIED THAT I MADE A MISTAKE; AND DID IN FACT REALIZE IT'S SERIOUSNESS. IN RETROSPECT; I REALIZE THAT BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH NEWCASTLE COUNTY ARPT; I HAD EXPECTED TO FIND A RWY/TAXIWAY CONFIGN SIMILAR TO WHAT I WAS USED TO AT PNE; AND UPON ENCOUNTERING THE UNUSUAL MULTIPLE RWY/TAXIWAY INTXN; I BECAME CONFUSED AND BLUNDERED ONTO THE RWY. FURTHER; AT THIS POINT; IT IS NOT ALTOGETHER CLR THAT THE ASSOCIATED HOLDING LINE WAS PARTICULARLY EVIDENT. HINDSIGHT NOW SUGGESTS A MORE CAREFUL STUDY OF ARPT DIAGRAMS PRIOR TO ARR AT UNFAMILIAR LOCATIONS.