What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: the pilot, a foreign national, called ground control and received clearance to taxi to R17R. Arriving at the hold short line, the aircraft experienced radio communications failure. Unable to contact ATC on any frequency, the pilot taxied back to the ramp area. Through misunderstanding and language barrier difficulties, the pilot assumed, after conferring with FBO personnel, that if he taxied back out, the tower personnel would understand his radio failure problem. The pilot taxied back out to the hold short line of R17R, and seeing no light gun signal to indicate otherwise, took off and proceeded to his destination. The time of the incident was 2310 CDT. Traffic was light and no loss of separation occurred. The incident is under investigation privacy data omitted this incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE PILOT, A FOREIGN NATIONAL, CALLED GROUND CONTROL AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO R17R. ARRIVING AT THE HOLD SHORT LINE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE. UNABLE TO CONTACT ATC ON ANY FREQUENCY, THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AREA. THROUGH MISUNDERSTANDING AND LANGUAGE BARRIER DIFFICULTIES, THE PILOT ASSUMED, AFTER CONFERRING WITH FBO PERSONNEL, THAT IF HE TAXIED BACK OUT, THE TOWER PERSONNEL WOULD UNDERSTAND HIS RADIO FAILURE PROBLEM. THE PILOT TAXIED BACK OUT TO THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF R17R, AND SEEING NO LIGHT GUN SIGNAL TO INDICATE OTHERWISE, TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED TO HIS DESTINATION. THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 2310 CDT. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND NO LOSS OF SEPARATION OCCURRED. THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.