STUDENT PLT OF AN SMA SEL BECAME CONFUSED DURING TAXI ON ARPT AND MADE AN UNAUTH RWY XING.
Synopsis
STUDENT PLT OF AN SMA SEL BECAME CONFUSED DURING TAXI ON ARPT AND MADE AN UNAUTH RWY XING.
Narrative
TAXIING FROM PARKING SPACE BELOW TWR; CONTACTED GND AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 19R HOLD SHORT RWY 19L. CALLED TWR 2 TIMES; SAID I WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 19L AND REQUESTED TO GO FBO EAST. SOME OTHER PERSON KEPT STEPPING ON MY XMISSION; SO I WASN'T AWARE IF THEY KNEW I WAS HOLDING SHORT RWY 19R. GND GAVE CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 19R TO FBO. I CALLED TWR AND SAID; WAS THAT XMISSION FOR ME? GND SAID GO; AND THEY KNEW WHERE I WAS AND THAT I WAS IN A CONFUSED STATE. XMISSION BEING STEPPED ON; I PROCEED TO CROSS TO TXWY C; I SAW THE TXWY C SIGN AND MISTOOK THE RWY 19L FOR TXWY C. ONCE ON RWY AND SEE MY MISTAKE; I EXIT THE RWY ASAP. ONCE AT FBO I WAS INFORMED TO CALL THE TWR; WHICH I DID; AND WAS TOLD WHAT I HAD DONE; AND ASKED WHY? I TOLD THEM I WAS A STUDENT AND I GOT CONFUSED WITH ALL THE ACTION AND PEOPLE TALKING ALL AT ONCE. THE TWR AT THE TIME DIDN'T KNOW I WAS STUDENT. I HAD NEVER TAXIED MY ACFT ALONE BEFORE. DID I LEARN ANYTHING FROM THIS? I SAID; YES AND UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN. IT DID HAPPEN AND I WILL LISTEN AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. LOOK BEFORE MOVING. MAKE SURE WHERE I AM GOING. WHERE I'M AT. WHO'S TALKING TO WHO!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.