SMA CROSSES HOLD LINE BTWN RWYS. FORCES GAR.
Synopsis
SMA CROSSES HOLD LINE BTWN RWYS. FORCES GAR.
Narrative
I KNEW I WAS RUSTY AND NEEDED SOME DUAL; SO I HAD ARRANGED TO DO WINGS WORK ON THE RETURN FLT AFTER BREAKFAST AT SANTA ROSA. I WAS ALSO UNFAMILIAR WITH PROCS AT RHV; HAVING FLOWN IN AND OUT OF THERE ONLY A FEW TIMES. WE HAD PICKED UP OUR CLRNC AND WERE HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 31R. WITH MUCH OF MY FLYING TIME AT A SINGLE RWY ARPT; I EXPECTED TO TKOF ON RWY 31R (EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TURNING L AFTER DEP). IN MY HURRY TO GET OUT I HAD ALSO NEGLECTED TO REMIND THE CFII THAT THERE ARE NO TOE BRAKES IN THE R SEAT -- USUALLY A PART OF MY PREFLT BRIEFING. RHV GND CLRED US TO CROSS RWY 31R; HOLD SHORT RWY 31L. ACCORDING TO THE CFII; I READ THE CLRNC BACK CORRECTLY. WE WERE ALSO TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR XING THE RWY; AND THAT THERE WAS TFC ON FINAL FOR BOTH RWYS. IN MY HURRY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE RWY 31R TFC; AS THE CFII WAS SWITCHING THE RADIO OVER; I SUDDENLY THOUGH I'D MISUNDERSTOOD THE CLRNC; THAT IT HAD BEEN POS AND HOLD RWY 31L. THE CFII SAID SOMETHING WHICH I THOUGHT WAS TO HURRY. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE'D WANTED ME TO STOP; AND THAT HE HAD ALSO FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE BRAKES. AFTER TAXIING ONTO THE RWY; I TURNED BACK OFF AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE; BUT NOT BEFORE THE TWR HAD TO SEND ANOTHER ACFT AROUND. IN THE CONFUSION; WE ALSO HADN'T FINISHED SWITCHING THE RADIO OVER TO TWR. WE CORRECTED THAT QUICKLY AND TOOK OFF. I COMPLETED THE WINGS TRAINING THAT DAY; INCLUDING PATTERN WORK AT RHV AND WILL STUDY DIAGRAMS OF UNFAMILIAR ARPTS TO PREVENT RECURRENCES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 251049: AFTERWARDS THE STUDENT EXPLAINED THAT SHE THOUGHT THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SPACE BTWN THE RWYS TO HOLD BTWN THEM; SO SHE THOUGHT THAT THE 'HOLD SHORT' CLRNC WAS IN ERROR. THE PRIMARY HUMAN PERFORMANCE PROB ON MY PART WAS THAT I TRIED TO APPLY TOE BRAKES; EVEN THOUGH THE ACFT WAS NOT SO EQUIPPED. I HAVE LOGGED OVER 200 HRS IN THE LAST 2 YRS IN THE R FRONT SEAT OF THAT ACFT; BUT NONETHELESS THE HABIT OF STOPPING WITH TOE BRAKES INSTEAD OF A HAND BRAKE OVERPWRED EVEN THAT MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ACFT'S ODDITIES. ANOTHER FACTOR WAS COMPLACENCY WITH THE STUDENT. I'VE FLOWN HUNDREDS OF HRS WITH HER IN NON INSTRUCTIONAL SITS; SINCE WE'RE AIRPLANE PARTNERS. IN THE SAME SIT WITH A STUDENT I DID NOT KNOW SO WELL; I WOULD HAVE BEEN PRIMED TO TAKE CTL OF THE ACFT. PERHAPS I WOULD HAVE EVEN MOVED MY L HAND A FEW INCHES CLOSER TO THE HAND BRAKE -- AN ACTION THAT WOULD HAVE REMINDED ME DURING THE INCIDENT TO USE THE HAND BRAKE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.