A TWIN ENG ATP PLT PERFORMS A TXWY TKOF AT TPA; FL.

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TOOK OFF FROM TXWY D AT TPA ON DEC/FRI/99 AT PM30 LCL TIME; MISTAKING IT FOR RWY 36R WHICH I WAS CLRED TO TKOF FROM AND WHICH IS ADJACENT AND PARALLEL TO IT. THIS WAS MY FIRST FLT FOLLOWING THE REPAIR OF MY PLANE. I WAS BEING ESPECIALLY CAREFUL (I THOUGHT) TO MAKE SURE EACH SYS WAS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY; AND ALL SWITCHES WERE IN THE CORRECT POS FOLLOWING THE PLANE BEING DOWN IN A HUMID ENVIRONMENT FOR OVER 2 MONTHS; AS WELL AS CHKING FOR BOTH CORRECT COMPLETION AND FUNCTION OF ALL SYS WORKED ON. ON COMPLETION OF ALL PRETKOF ITEMS; I CALLED THE TWR; RPTING READY FOR TKOF; AND WAS CLRED FIRST TO TAXI TO RWY 36R; AND BEFORE GETTING VERY FAR; I WAS CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 36R. THERE WAS NO TFC ON APCH OR ON THE RWY. I PROCEEDED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON WHAT I MISTOOK FOR RWY 36R; WHICH WAS ACTUALLY TXWY D; WHICH IS ADJACENT TO RWY 36R; TO ITS W; AND TXWY E/RAMP ON ITS E; AND PARALLEL TO BOTH. I DID NOTE THAT THE RWY LOOKED SHORTER THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED BUT WROTE IT OFF TO NOT HAVING FLOWN FOR A LONG TIME AND PRESUMED I WAS JUST MISINTERPING IT. SHORTLY AFTER GETTING INTO POS; THE TWR ISSUED A CLRNC FOR TKOF. THE AIRSPD WAS AT 80 KTS WHEN I REALIZED THE END OF THE PAVEMENT WAS COMING UP MUCH SOONER THAN I HAD EXPECTED. BUT THE DISTANCE REMAINING WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO ABORT THE TKOF AND STOP ON THE PAVEMENT. I ROTATED AT 90 KTS; AND JUST AS I WAS LIFTING OFF; I NOTED THAT THE RWY LIGHTS WERE BLUE; NOT WHITE. ANOTHER PLANE ON FREQ COMMENTED ON THE FACT THAT I HAD TAKEN OFF ON THE OTHER RWY 36R; OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) PLT NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT. 2) PLT FOCUSED ON PLANE SYS READINESS AND FUNCTIONALITY FOLLOWING MAJOR REPAIRS TO ENG AND AIRFRAME; AND EXTENDED PERIOD OF LACK OF OP. 3) LACK OF THE TWR NOTING THAT I WAS LINED UP ON THE TXWY FOLLOWING POS AND HOLD DIRECTIONS PRIOR TO AND WHEN INITIATING TKOF ROLL. 4) LIGHTING CONDITIONS TOO BRIGHT TO NOTE BLUE LIGHT IN PAVEMENT SIDE MARKER LIGHTS AND POSSIBLY TOO DIM TO NOTE UNLIT COLOR OF LENSES. 5) LACK OF ANY PLT HABIT TO POSITIVELY IDENT/VERIFY IDENT OF RWY PRIOR TO TAXIING INTO POS AND HOLD WHEN IT HAS TO BE THE FIRST RWY THAT WILL BE ENCOUNTERED. FAILED TO ADEQUATE FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH THE ARPT LAYOUT; ON COMMERCIAL CHART TPA SHEET 20-9 PRIOR TO INITIATING TAXI. I THINK THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS THE PLT'S FAILURE TO ALWAYS POSITIVELY IDENT THE CORRECT RWY FOR TKOF OR XING WHEN IT SEEMS TOO SIMPLE; COMBINED WITH AN UNUSUAL PERIOD OF NOT FLYING; LACK OF ADEQUATE FAMILIARITY WITH THE ARPT; AND OVER CONCERN FOR THE PLANE'S HARDWARE CONDITION AND LIKELY PERFORMANCE AFTER MAJOR MAINT. CHANGING PLT HABIT AND ACTION PATTERN TO ALWAYS POSITIVELY IDENT THE RWY BEFORE ENTRY/XING WOULD ELIMINATE THE POTENTIAL.