UNAUTH RWY XING. A DISORIENTED PLT UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT CROSSES THE ACTIVE RWY AND CAUSES AN ACR TO GAR. RWY INCURSION.

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ON APR/FRI/95; I WAS TAXIING MY ACFT FROM ONE LOCATION AT FLL TO THE OTHER SIDE OF ARPT FOR MAINT. I NOTIFIED GND CTL AND REQUESTED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FOR MY ACFT. IN THIS INITIAL CALL; I NOTIFIED GND CTL THAT I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT AND WAS REQUESTING A PROGRESSIVE TO ASSIST ME ACROSS THE ARPT. GND CALLED BACK AND INSTRUCTED ME TO CROSS RWY 13 AND TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 9L AT TXWY D. I READ THIS BACK AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE IN MY INITIAL MOVEMENT. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN R OUT OF THE RAMP THEN MAKE A L. I CHKED MY ARPT DIAGRAM (GOV CHARTS) AND LOOKED FOR RWY 13. I CONCLUDED THAT RWY 13 WAS THE NEAREST ONE TO ME AND TAXIED OUT OF THE RAMP AREA. I TURNED L TO CROSS THE RWY AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE OTHER SIDE; LOOKING FOR THE HOLD MARKINGS FOR RWY 9L. AFTER I HAD CROSSED; GND INFORMED ME I HAD CROSSED THE ACTIVE AND HAD FORCED AN AIRLINER TO GAR. AT NO TIME DID I REALIZE THAT I HAD CROSSED AN ACTIVE RWY. MY MISTAKE HAD BEEN PLACING MYSELF ON THE WRONG RAMP AREA ON THE CHART. THIS PUT ME NEXT TO RWY 13 AND THE CTLR'S INITIAL CALL TELLING ME TO CROSS RWY 13 AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 9L LEFT ME WITH THE IDEA THAT ALL WAS NORMAL. MY UNFAMILIARITY OF THE FIELD; PUTTING MY POS ON THE WRONG RAMP AREA; WAS THE MAIN CAUSE OF THIS ACTION. I ALSO WAS TOO DEPENDENT ON THE GND CTLR; RELYING FOR TIMELY INSTRUCTIONS DURING THE EVENT. ALSO; THE ARPT DIAGRAM WAS NOT DETAILED TO THE DEG NECESSARY; IN THAT TXWYS ARE NOT CLRLY DEFINED. I AM ALSO USED TO HAVING A CREW DURING OPS. WHILE ONE IS FLYING; THE OTHER IS CHKING CHARTS AND RADIO; IN THIS CASE; FOLLOWING THE ARPT DIAGRAM. I WAS TRYING TO TAXI AND READ THE CHART AT THE SAME TIME; AGAIN; EXPECTING A PROGRESSIVE FROM GND. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE DILIGENT IN MY ACTIONS.