A PA34 PLT IS HAVING RADIO PROBS. WHEN TWR FINALLY GETS THROUGH; THE CTLR TOLD THE PLT TO EXPEDITE TO THE RWY; WHICH LED THE PLT TO BE CONFUSED AND TAXI ON THE RWY WITHOUT A CLRNC; SENDING AN ACFT AROUND.
Synopsis
A PA34 PLT IS HAVING RADIO PROBS. WHEN TWR FINALLY GETS THROUGH; THE CTLR TOLD THE PLT TO EXPEDITE TO THE RWY; WHICH LED THE PLT TO BE CONFUSED AND TAXI ON THE RWY WITHOUT A CLRNC; SENDING AN ACFT AROUND.
Narrative
I WAS AT THE NASHVILLE INTL ARPT AT XA45 ON FEB/SAT/03; DOING A RUN-UP FOR DEP ON RWY 2C. I HAD BEEN HAVING RADIO DIFFICULTIES WITH THE GND CTL AT THE ARPT; HOWEVER; I FELT THAT THE SECOND RADIO WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I WAS DIRECTED TO A RUN-UP AREA FOR DEP ON RWY 2C. I DID MY RUN-UP AND THEN I CALLED GND CTL INDICATING THAT I WAS READY FOR DEP. THERE WERE SOME 4 OR 5 OTHER AIRPLANES LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA; 2 OF WHICH WERE ACR'S. WHEN I FINALLY REACHED GND CTL; I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD CALLED ME 3 OR 4 TIMES; BUT I HAD NOT HEARD THEM. THEY THEN TOLD ME I WAS HOLDING UP 3 OR 4 OTHER AIRPLANES AND I WAS TO EXPEDITE GETTING TO THE RWY. AS I ROLLED ONTO THE RWY; I CONTACTED THE TWR WHO INDICATED TO ME THAT I WAS ON THE RWY IMPROPERLY AND I BELIEVE ANOTHER AIRPLANE WAS TOLD TO GO AROUND. HE THEN DIRECTED ME TO DO A 360 DEGS AND I WAS TOLD TO DEPART. I DEPARTED THE NASHVILLE AREA ON AN IFR PLAN TO IXD IN KANSAS CITY. DURING THIS FLT; I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEP CTL INDICATING THAT I SHOULD CONTACT THE NASHVILLE APCH CTL OR NASHVILLE TWR; I AM NOT SURE WHICH ONE; BUT THEY GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL UPON MY ARR IN KANSAS CITY. I DID MAKE THAT CONTACT ON FEB/SUN/03; AND THEY TOOK FULL INFO ABOUT MY PLT'S LICENSE; ETC.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.