CORPORATE ACFT TAXIES ACROSS ACTIVE RWY.
Synopsis
CORPORATE ACFT TAXIES ACROSS ACTIVE RWY.
Narrative
LANDED ON RWY 32 AT SRQ. CLRED RWY ON TXWY A1 AND TWR CLRED US TO 'TAXI ABC VIA TXWY A.' ABC IS LOCATED AT TXWY A3. I MISSED THE TURN INTO ABC AND PROCEEDED DOWN TXWY A TOWARD BRITE TERMINAL LIGHTS. APCHING RWY 22 I VISUALLY CHKED FOR TFC AND OBSERVED SMALL ACFT ON BASE. SINCE PNF WAS GETTING CLRNC OUTBOUND FROM TWR; I DID NOT VERIFY ANY HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. I CROSSED RWY WITHOUT CONFLICT THEN TWR ADVISED WE MISSED ABC AND TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN AND HOLD SHORT. I TAXIED TO THE FBO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CHAIN OF EVENTS: AFTER CLRING RWY; TWR ISSUED OUTBOUND CLRNC. PNF HAD HEAD DOWN. I ALSO HAD MY HEAD DOWN FOR A FEW SECONDS CHKING BRAKE TEMPS. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ENOUGH DISTR TO MISS TURN. HUMAN PERFORMANCE: WE LANDED AT PIE A FEW HRS EARLIER. BOTH ARPTS HAVE A SIMILAR LAYOUT BUT FBO'S ARE IN DIFFERENT PLACES. I MAY HAVE HAD A MIND SET OF THE LAST ARPT (PIE) TO CROSS THE SHORT RWY TO GET TO THE FBO. CORRECTIVE MEASURES: OUR COMPANY ALREADY HAS GOOD SOP'S. HOWEVER; RUNNING A TIGHT SCHEDULE DURING A LONG DAY LEADS TO SHORT-CUTS. NEXT TIME I WILL HAVE A SLOWER TAXI SPD WITH HEAD OUT OF COCKPIT. ANY DOUBTS; I'LL STOP AND WAIT FOR PNF TO GET INTO LOOP.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.