CAPT OF A LEAR JET 23 FAILED TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY TO WHICH CLRED. TWR REINSTRUCTED THE RPTRS TO DO A 180 DEG TURN AND HOLD SHORT.

Date: 1997-06 · Aircraft: Learjet 23

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway|other-unspecified

Synopsis

CAPT OF A LEAR JET 23 FAILED TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY TO WHICH CLRED. TWR REINSTRUCTED THE RPTRS TO DO A 180 DEG TURN AND HOLD SHORT.

Narrative

WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 31 AT JVL FROM THE FBO. WHILE TAXIING OUT AS WE WERE PERFORMING CHKLISTS ITEMS; I LOOKED AT THE ARPT DIAGRAM AND TO ME IT SHOWED THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CROSS RWY 36 BEFORE YOU WOULD REACH RWY 31; AND I TOLD MY COPLT THAT INFO. AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE XING RWY 36; I SAW THE NUMBERS AND IT WAS RWY 31 WE WERE ON; SO WE CROSSED IT QUICKLY TO AVOID ANY CONFLICTS WITH OTHER TFC. ON THE OTHER SIDE; GND CTL INFORMED US THAT WE HAD CROSSED RWY 31. I ASKED WHAT HE WOULD LIKE US TO DO AND HE TOLD US TO DO A 180 DEG TURN AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 31. WE DID SO; AND DID NOT ADMIT GUILT AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROB; AND HE STATED TWICE THERE WAS NO PROB. THE ARPT (JVL) DOESN'T HAVE AN ARPT DIAGRAM AND THE SMALL ARPT DIAGRAM ON THE NOAA CHARTS IS VERY BAD IN MY OPINION; AS IT SHOWS RWY 36 WILL BE REACHED BEFORE REACHING RWY 31 AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. I NEGLECTED TO LOOK FOR ARPT MARKINGS AT AN UNFAMILIAR ARPT AND THAT IS A BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART. I WAS IN A HURRY TO GO HOME AND END MY DAY. I HAD BEEN ON THE CLOCK FOR 12 HRS AT THE TIME AND WAS TIRED. I HAVE BEEN WORKING EXCESSIVELY LATELY; WORKING ABOUT 60-70 DUTY HRS A WK AND FLYING OVER 65 HRS A MONTH FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS. I BELIEVE THE LACK OF REST AND THE COMBINATION OF POOR ARPT DIAGRAM CONTRIBUTED TO THE OCCURRENCE. I BELIEVE THAT PART 135 REGS ARE RIDICULOUS WHEN IT CONCERNS REST PERIODS AND DUTY REGS. I BELIEVE PART 135 IS A MORE DEMANDING SCHEDULE AND YOU ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO CATCH UP ON SLEEP WHILE FLYING UNSCHEDULED PART 135. I KNOW THE SIT WAS TOTALLY MY FAULT AND WAS STUPID FOR A PERSON WITH MY EXPERIENCE TO DO; BUT IT ALSO SLAPS YOU HARD TO BE MORE SAFETY CONSCIOUS WHILE PERFORMING ACFT DUTIES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.