2001-11 · NASA ASRS report 530010
PA28 PLT WAS ACCUSED OF XING A RWY WITHOUT CLRNC.
I LANDED AT DXR ON OR ABOUT XA40 AM; NOV/MON/01. I CLOSED OUT MY IFR FLT PLAN WITH NEW YORK APCH; AND WAS TOLD TO SQUAWK VFR AND CONTACT DANBURY TWR. I WAS #2 FOLLOWING ANOTHER CHEROKEE; WAS GRANTED PERMISSION TO LAND RWY 26 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I WAS THEN TOLD TO TURN L ON THE TXWY C AND CONTACT DANBURY GND CTL. I TURNED OFF RWY 26 AS DIRECTED; PULLED PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE; AND CONTACTED DANBURY GND CTL. GND CTL ASKED ME MY INTENTIONS AND I SAID THAT I NEEDED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FBO I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS TO CONTINUE IN CURRENT DIRECTION (E) ON CURRENT TXWY; TURN L ON RWY 17/35 TO TXWY A AND TURN R ON TXWY A TO THE FBO. I COPIED BACK THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WAS GIVEN CLRNC TO TAXI (TO THE FBO). I PROCEEDED WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS AS I UNDERSTAND THEM AND UPON ENTERING TXWY A (TO THE FBO) GND CTL INSTRUCTED ME TO STOP. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT I HAD NOT BEEN CLRED TO CROSS RWY 26 AND WAS TO CALL THEM AS SOON AS I ARRIVED AT THE FBO. I WAS THEN TOLD TO CONTINUE TO THE FBO. I PROCEEDED TO THE FBO AND PARKED MY PLANE. I WENT INSIDE AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE GND CTL. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THEY WOULD WRITE AN INCIDENT RPT TO THE FAA IN FOR AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON RWY INCURSION. I TOLD GND CTL THAT I HAD NEVER BEEN CITED FOR ANYTHING AND THAT I BELIEVED THAT I HAD FOLLOWED GND CTL'S INSTRUCTIONS PROPERLY. I WAS THEN ASKED FOR MY FULL NAME; PLT'S CERTIFICATE; ADDRESS AND DAYTIME TELEPHONE NUMBER. AFTER GIVING THIS INFO; I ASKED IF I COULD HAVE A COPY OF THE SPECIFIC RADIO XMISSIONS BTWN ME AND GND CTL AND WAS TOLD I COULDN'T HAVE A COPY BECAUSE THIS WAS A FEDERALLY CONTRACTED FACILITY (???) AND THE FAA WOULD BE GIVEN A COPY. REFLECTING ON THIS LATER; I REALIZED THAT DESPITE NOT RECEIVING A 'HOLD SHORT RWY 26' FROM GND CTL I WAS IN ERROR. I PRIDE MYSELF ON BEING A COMPETENT; SAFE AND 'PROFESSIONAL' PVT PLT AND AM HIGHLY EMBARRASSED AND IRRITATED WITH LETTING THIS HAPPEN TO MYSELF.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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