PLT OF AN MO20C TAXIED ONTO THE RWY WITHOUT CLRNC. GND CTLR CATCHES THE ERROR.
Synopsis
PLT OF AN MO20C TAXIED ONTO THE RWY WITHOUT CLRNC. GND CTLR CATCHES THE ERROR.
Narrative
I CALLED GND PRIOR TO MOVEMENT ON RAMP AND WAS GIVEN A VFR CLRNC TO READ BACK. READ BACK OK. PRIOR TO ENTERING TXWY I RECONFIRMED 'AM I CLR TO TAXI TO RWY 22.' GND REPLIED CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 22. I UNDERSTOOD THIS TO BE A CLRNC TO TAXI TO RWY 22 AND WAIT FOR 'CLR TO DEPART.' I WAS NOT TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 22 AND TAXIED TO RUN- UP AREA FOR ACFT RUN-UP AND THEN ONTO RWY 22 AWAITING DEP CLRNC. GND CTLR ASKED WHAT I WAS DOING AND I REPLIED I UNDERSTOOD YOU CLRED ME ONTO RWY 22; BUT NOT TO DEPART. HE SAID 'NO ONLY TO RWY 22 NOT ONTO.' I STARTED TO TAXI CLR OF RWY 22. HE SAID NO STAY THERE AND AWAIT DEP CLRNC; WHICH I DID. I MISUNDERSTOOD HIS TAXI TO MEANING AS HE DID NOT SAY 'HOLD SHORT OF RWY 22.' THIS COULD BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SIT. AS A HELI PLT; PRIMARILY; WE SELDOM USE RWYS OR TXWYS AND HAVE BEEN TO SRQ SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST AND FOUND CTLRS TO BE EASY TO WORK WITH. AS A NEWLY MINTED FIXED WING PLT I CAREFULLY LISTEN TO ALL TAXI INSTRUCTIONS DUE TO MY LOW EXPERIENCE. I WOULD EXPECT A 'HOLD SHORT' INSTRUCTION IF A CTLR WANTED THIS. EVEN THOUGH NO OTHER TFC IN THE AIR OR ON THE GND WAS AFFECTED BY THIS; THESE SITS MUST BE AVOIDED FOR EVERYONE'S WELL-BEING. I WILL NOT PERMIT THIS CONFUSION TO ARISE AGAIN AND HOPE OTHERS WILL LEARN BY THIS SIT.
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