PA46 PLT CLRED FOR INTXN TKOF FROM TXWY G ON RWY 12 AT LGB TURNED WRONG DIRECTION AND STARTED TKOF ROLL ON RWY 30. LCL CTLR CAUGHT ERROR AND THE TKOF WAS ABORTED.
Synopsis
PA46 PLT CLRED FOR INTXN TKOF FROM TXWY G ON RWY 12 AT LGB TURNED WRONG DIRECTION AND STARTED TKOF ROLL ON RWY 30. LCL CTLR CAUGHT ERROR AND THE TKOF WAS ABORTED.
Narrative
RWYS 7R; 7L AND 12 WERE IN USE. ATIS ADVISED TO CONTACT LONG BEACH CLRNC WITH DEP AND RWY REQUEST; WHICH I DID. I REQUESTED RWY 7R. CLRNC ASKED IF I COULD ACCEPT RWY 12 AT TXWY G. I CONFIRMED TO THEM THAT I COULD. WHEN I CONTACTED GND AND ADVISED THEM THAT I WANTED TO TAXI FOR TKOF THEY CLRED ME TO TAXI TO RWY 12 VIA TXWYS B AND G. SINCE I WAS MENTALLY PREPARED TO TAXI TO RWY 7R; I ASKED GND CTL FOR A PROGRESSIVE TO RWY 12 AT TXWY G; WHICH THEY GAVE ME. AFTER PERFORMING THE ACFT RUN-UP; I CONTACTED THE TWR AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS READY FOR TKOF AND REQUESTED A L TURN AFTER TKOF TO INTERCEPT THE VAN NUYS 140 DEG RADIAL FOR A HOLLYWOOD PARK TRANSITION. THE CTLR APPROVED THIS. THE TWR CTLR THEN CLRED ME FOR TKOF. AS I TAXIED ONTO THE RWY; I INADVERTENTLY TURNED L AND TAXIED ONTO RWY 30; RATHER THAN TURNING R ONTO RWY 12. WITHOUT REALIZING MY MISTAKE; I STARTED MY TKOF ROLL. AT THAT TIME; THE TWR CTLR TOLD ME TO ABORT THE TKOF; WHICH I DID AFTER ROLLING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE TWR CTLR INSTRUCTED ME TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN AND CLRED ME FOR TKOF AGAIN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. LOOKING BACK AT THE SIT; I FEEL THE FOLLOWING WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. 1) BEING MENTALLY PREPARED TO TAXI TO ANOTHER RWY; THEN ACCEPTING A DIFFERENT RWY ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT REVIEWING AN ARPT LAYOUT DIAGRAM. SEVERAL TXWYS WERE ALSO CLOSED AT THAT TIME TO ADD TO MY CONFUSION; 2) AT THE TIME I ASKED THE TWR CTLR PRIOR TO TKOF FOR A L TURNOUT; I WAS ALREADY CONFUSED ABOUT THE RWY HEADING BUT DIDN'T REALIZE IT. A L TURN WILL NOT INTERCEPT THE VAN NUYS 140 DEG RADIAL FROM RWY 12; BUT WOULD FOR RWY 30. IF THE CTLR WOULD HAVE CORRECTED MY MISTAKE OF ASKING FOR A L TURN FOR THE TRANSITION AND ISSUED A R HAND TURN; I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE REALIZED MY MISTAKE BEFORE IT HAPPENED; 3) MY HOME BASE ARPT HAS ONLY RWYS 12 AND 30; WITH RWY 30 BEING IN USE MOST OF THE TIME. I THINK WHEN I TAXIED TO THE INTXN FOR TKOF IT WAS MENTALLY NATURAL FOR ME TO TURN ONTO RWY 30 WITHOUT THINKING OUT THE SIT; 4) MY FAILURE TO CONFIRM THE RWY I WAS TURNING ONTO BY SIMPLY LOOKING AT THE RWY IDENT SIGNS AND; 5) MY FAILURE TO CONFIRM ACFT HEADING DURING AND AFTER TURNING ONTO THE RWY.
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