RPTR PLT WAS CONFUSED ON TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND PART OF THE PROB WAS THE INSTRUCTION TO CROSS THE TARMAC TO AN FBO X SIGN. BEING THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE FBO X SIGN; RPTR WAS CONFUSED AND TAXIED ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY WHEN AN ACFT WAS TAKING OFF. GND CTLR HAD RPTR CONTACT THEM BY PHONE.
Synopsis
RPTR PLT WAS CONFUSED ON TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND PART OF THE PROB WAS THE INSTRUCTION TO CROSS THE TARMAC TO AN FBO X SIGN. BEING THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE FBO X SIGN; RPTR WAS CONFUSED AND TAXIED ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY WHEN AN ACFT WAS TAKING OFF. GND CTLR HAD RPTR CONTACT THEM BY PHONE.
Narrative
TWR BROUGHT ME IN ON RWY 12L. WIND WAS CALLED AT 330 DEGS AT 12 KTS. ON SHORT FINAL COMING OVER NUMBERS; I FOUND I WAS CRABBING 35 DEGS TO L. TWR CALLED AND SAID WINDS INCREASED TO 230 DEGS AT 28 KTS; GUSTING TO 35 KTS. WITH HVY TFC ON RWY 12R; I DID NOT WANT TO GAR; I WAS TOO LOW AND THE WINDS WOULD BLOW ME OVER RWY 12R; SO I LANDED A LITTLE SHOOK UP. GOT IT DOWN OK AND TAXIED 180 DEGS BACK AS THEY TOLD ME TO GO TO TXWY D. THEY SAID GO DOWN TXWY D TO TXWY N AND DOWN TXWY N ACROSS TARMAC TO FBO X SIGN. I DID THIS WITH TWR WATCHING; BUT I WAS FOLLOWING THE WRONG FBO X SIGN. I THOUGHT I WAS CLRED ACROSS RWY; I KNOW NOT WHAT NUMBER. THEY SAID ACROSS TARMAC; BUT MEANT TO THE R TO ANOTHER FBO X SIGN. A SMALL CESSNA WAS TAKING OFF THE RWY I CROSSED; BUT WAS WELL ABOVE ME; ABOUT 100 FT WHERE I WAS XING THE RWY. MISTAKE WAS I ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS TO FBO Y AND TWR SAID TXWY D TO TXWY N TO FBO X SIGN. THERE ARE 2 FBO X SIGNS AND OF COURSE I DID NOT KNOW THIS. TWR SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING ME TAXI UNTIL I WAS CLR OF ALL RWYS. GND CTLR TOLD ME TO CONTACT TWR BY PHONE; WHICH I DID; IMMEDIATELY UPON REACHING FBO Y.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.