Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16.5; Flight Crew Total 620; Flight Crew Type 48
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness; Confusion
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Runway
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Airport; Human Factors
I received my taxi instructions from Ground to taxi via Charlie to Runway 34. I mistook Charlie for the apron and crossed it and continued on along one of the Runway 34 access ramps. I crossed the runway hold lines not looking for them there and did not realize it until I had passed about 10 feet. I stopped short of the runway and called Ground.  Ground told me to do a 360 and turn on Charlie as I was originally instructed. I observed an airplane that was on final and landing on 34 going around. In the runup area for 34 I was instructed to call Tower which I did this morning. I was told that an incident report was filed. This incident was definitely due to my error in crossing the hold short lines without clearance. I was hurrying my departure a bit wanting to depart VFR before the weather worsened. I do not fly into Tower controlled fields too often and my comfort level with communications could be improved. I guess what I have learned is when in doubt ask and above all do not cross runway hold short lines without permission.
An aircraft on final had to execute a go around when an M20 pilot; unfamiliar with the airport and uncomfortable with radio communications; inadvertently crossed the runway hold short lines.