Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Total 136
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Workload; Time Pressure; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Airport; Human Factors
Taxied without clearance off ramp area to a run up area. I was obtaining an IFR clearance and was rushed off the ramp. There were no definitive taxiway markings or lines; the ramp areas; taxiways and taxiway markings should be updated.
Reporter stated that while obtaining IFR clearance; they were holding position at the north tip of the ramp where it joins Taxiway A2 northbound. There were no markings or directional signs to identify the end of the ramp and the beginning of Taxiway A2; and the reporter inadvertently taxied from the ramp onto Taxiway A2 when asked by Ground Control to move forward to allow an aircraft to pass. Ground Control then cleared the reporter onto Taxiway A2 and the rest of the taxi was uneventful.
GA pilot reported taxiing without a clearance due to poor signage.