C180 PLT INADVERTENTLY TURNED THE WRONG WAY DURING TAXI OUT AT ABQ RESULTING IN XING ACTIVE RWY.

Date: 2002-09 · Aircraft: Cessna 180 Skywagon · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

C180 PLT INADVERTENTLY TURNED THE WRONG WAY DURING TAXI OUT AT ABQ RESULTING IN XING ACTIVE RWY.

Narrative

DEPARTING THE FBO RAMP; I RECEIVED TAXI CLRNC TO 'RWY 8 VIA TXWY F; TXWY G; TXWY E1.' THE THROAT OF THE FBO RAMP IS A CONFLUENCE OF 3 RWYS AND 2 TXWYS. I TURNED L ON TXWY F; THEN R ON TXWY G. I CROSSED THE INTXN OF RWYS 3/21 AND 17/35 BEFORE REALIZING THAT I HAD TURNED THE WRONG WAY ONTO TXWY G. RWY 3 WAS ACTIVE AT THE TIME (ACCORDING TO ATIS) WITH VISUAL ARRS; THOUGH NO ACFT WERE ON OR NEAR THE RWY WHEN I CROSSED. AFTER DISCOVERING MY ERROR; I REVERSED DIRECTION ON TXWY G AND CONTACTED GND CTL FOR PERMISSION TO RECROSS RWY 3. REMAINDER OF THE DEP WAS NORMAL. GND CTL DID NOT MENTION THE INCURSION ON THE RADIO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAS NOT HAD CONTACT OR AN INQUIRY FROM THE FAA REGARDING THIS RWY INCURSION. HE SAID THAT ABQ TWR WAS VERY HELPFUL IN DIRECTING HIM BACK TO THE ASSIGNED RWY AFTER HIS WRONG WAY TURN AND RWY INCURSION. HE ALSO SAYS HE HAS LEARNED A GOOD LESSON IN MAKING A BETTER EFFORT TO STUDY THE ARPT DIAGRAM IN PREFLT AND ALSO HAVE IT HANDY WHEN TAXIING AT COMPLEX ARPTS OF WHICH HE DOES NOT FREQUENT.

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