Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Human Factors; Procedure
A C206 called Ground Control requesting taxi instructions to the active runway. The C206 did not state he was IFR or VFR; I taxied the aircraft to the runway and told the aircraft to contact Local Control. I later saw the C206 was IFR. I immediately called the TRACON and got an IFR heading and told the Local Controller. Pilots [should] understand the importance of forwarding the correct Flight Plan status to ATC.
Ground Controller described a confused Flight Plan status event when an IFR departure was initially handled as a VFR but changed after the IFR status was verified.