A FREIGHTER PLT FLYING A C208 AT CLE TAXIED ONTO ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT ATC CLRNC.

Date: 1999-10 · Aircraft: Caravan 208A · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

A FREIGHTER PLT FLYING A C208 AT CLE TAXIED ONTO ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT ATC CLRNC.

Narrative

I RECEIVED A TAXI CLRNC FROM GND CTL. I WAS TAXIING FROM THE CARGO AREA TO RWY 23R. MY FIRST CLRNC WAS TO TAXI ON TXWY J AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY K. AFTER THE OTHER ACFT HAD PASSED I WAS GIVEN FURTHER CLRNC TO TAXI PAST TXWY K AND ONTO TXWY A; THEN TO MAKE A R AT TXWY L TO TXWY W ONTO RWY 28 HOLD SHORT OF RWY 23L. AS I WAS ON TXWY A LOOKING FOR TXWY L THE CTLR RESTATED MY CLRNC TO TAXI ON TXWY L TO TXWY W ONTO RWY 28 AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 23L. AS I WAS READING BACK THE CLRNC; I PASSED TXWY L AND ALSO PASSED THE HOLD LINES FOR RWY 23L; THE ACTIVE LNDG RWY. AS I PASSED THE HOLD LINES I NOTICED MY MISTAKE AND STOPPED AS THE ALERT CTLR ALSO INFORMED ME OF MY MISTAKE. FROM THIS SPOT I MADE A 180 DEG AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TAXI AND FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL. I BELIEVE THE MISTAKE WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE CTLR NOT RESTATED THE CLRNC. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF I HAD BEEN MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. WHEN THE CTLR RESTATED THE CLRNC; I WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH A QUICK READBACK THAN PAYING ATTN TO WHAT I WAS DOING. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN TAXI PROBS WITH THE TAXI PORTION FROM TXWY W ONTO RWY 28 AND HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 23L. I BELIEVE THAT THE CTLR WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE SURE I HAD NO PROBS THERE WHEN IT TURNED OUT I HAD PROBS ELSEWHERE.

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