RWY INCURSION BY SMA AS PLT FAILS TO UNDERSTAND CLRNC. CTLR SENDS OTHER ACFT ON FINAL AROUND.
Synopsis
RWY INCURSION BY SMA AS PLT FAILS TO UNDERSTAND CLRNC. CTLR SENDS OTHER ACFT ON FINAL AROUND.
Narrative
I CALLED THE TWR TO GET CLRNC TO TKOF. THEY APPARENTLY SAID; 'HOLD SHORT OF RWY 32.' I READ BACK; 'TAXI ONTO RWY 32 AND HOLD.' I HAD JUST CROSSED THE RWY HOLD SHORT LINE WHEN THE TWR CAUGHT MY MOVEMENT ONTO THE RWY AND REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE STOP. THEY THEN REQUESTED THE ACFT ON FINAL (APPROX 200 FT AND 1/4 MI) TO GAR. HUMAN CONSIDERATIONS: I WAS LATE FOR A MEETING AND WAS RUSHED. I WAS COMPLACENT ABOUT OTHER ACFT POS BECAUSE OF THE ATC ENVIRONMENT AND SO DIDN'T LOOK ON FINAL BEFORE TAXIING ONTO RWY 32. ALSO; A LARGE TWIN HAD JUST TAKEN OFF AHEAD OF ME AND I DEVELOPED A PRECONCEIVED NOTION THEY WOULD HAVE ME TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD FOR THAT ACFT TO DEPART; NOT THINKING OF ANY ACFT BEING ON FINAL. FIXATING ON THE ACFT IN FRONT OF ME; I PICKED UP ON THE WORD 'HOLD' INSTEAD OF CATCHING THE WORDS 'HOLD SHORT.' ALSO; THE TWR WAS QUITE BUSY AND DIDN'T CATCH MY INCORRECT READBACK. PREVENTIVE SOLUTIONS: I SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK ON FINAL BEFORE TAXIING ONTO ANY RWY. (I ALWAYS DO AT UNCTLED ARPTS.) WHEN IT COMES TO FLYING; A RUSHED SCHEDULE SHOULD NOT COMPROMISE THOROUGH; METHODICAL SAFETY PROCS. I MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT MY OWN CLRNC ERROR HAD THE TWR SAID THE REASON FOR THE HOLD SHORT; IE; '...TFC ON FINAL.'
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.