PVT PLT OF AN SMA SEL FAILED TO STOP TAXIING AT THE RWY HOLD SHORT LINE AND IN ADDITION TOOK OFF ON THE WRONG RWY.
Synopsis
PVT PLT OF AN SMA SEL FAILED TO STOP TAXIING AT THE RWY HOLD SHORT LINE AND IN ADDITION TOOK OFF ON THE WRONG RWY.
Narrative
ON JUL/XX/95 AT ABOUT XY00 AM AT HGR ARPT; I TAXIED PAST THE HOLD LINES FOR AN INTXN DEP FROM TXWY C TO RWY 27. THEN I DEPARTED RWY 9. I ALSO DIDN'T CHANGE FROM GND FREQ TO TWR. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS AROUND 97 DEGS AT APPROX XX30 IN THE MORNING AND HIGH HUMIDITY. I STARTED MY ENG AND DID MY RUNUP. THE OIL TEMP WAS STEADY CLBING. I STARTED RUSHING THINGS. I GOT MY CLRNC TO TXWY C TO THE INTXN OF RWY 27 AND RWY 9 FOR AN INTXN DEP. I WAS THE ONLY AIRPLANE AROUND. SO AS I TAXIED PAST THE HOLD LINES I ASKED FOR CLRNC ON GND FREQ AND WAS YELLED AT BY THE CTLR TO GET ON THE TWR FREQ AND GET BACK TO THE HOLD LINES. I DID A 180 DEG TURN AND TAXIED BACK 25 FT TO THE HOLD LINES AND CALLED THE TWR. HE CLRED ME FOR IMMEDIATE DEP ON RWY 27 AND I TURNED L DOWN RWY 9. ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY I REALIZED THAT I WAS DEPARTING RWY 9. AT THIS POINT I WAS COMMITTED SO I HAD TO KEEP GOING. I TOOK OFF AND SUBSEQUENTLY I WAS YELLED AT BY THE CTLR AGAIN. IN RETROSPECT; I THINK THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT; MY HURRIED RUNUP; AND THE CTLR GETTING VERY VERBAL RAISED MY ANXIETY LEVEL TO A POINT OF CONFUSION. I ALSO THINK WHEN THE SAME CTLR IS WORKING GND AND TWR AND XMITTING ON BOTH FREQS THIS MAKES IT EASIER TO FORGET TO SWITCH FREQS. NEXT TIME I GET CONFUSED I WILL STOP FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO CALM DOWN AND UNDERSTAND WHERE I AM AND WHERE I AM GOING.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.