Air carrier issued a 'line up and wait' for runway 25R at las noted traffic on final lining up for t...

Attributes
ACN	1106475
Time
Date	201308
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 193
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

While approaching the end of taxiway charlie; we were given a 'runway 25R line up and wait' clearance. We were just starting the turn onto taxiway bravo where I checked final and verbalized it as being clear. I did notice a company aircraft on close-in final for 25L. I had just started to pass over the hold short line when I checked final again out of habit. This is when I noticed the company aircraft was in a low level turn to our assigned runway. I exclaimed over tower frequency; 'there's something wrong. This aircraft is on my runway.' we were given hold short instructions. Although we had passed the hold short line; tower still allowed the aircraft to land. Disaster averted!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier issued a 'line up and wait' for Runway 25R at LAS noted traffic on final lining up for the same runway and advised ATC; although across the hold line; ATC allowed the arrival to land.

Narrative: While approaching the end of Taxiway Charlie; we were given a 'Runway 25R line up and wait' clearance. We were just starting the turn onto Taxiway Bravo where I checked final and verbalized it as being clear. I did notice a Company aircraft on close-in final for 25L. I had just started to pass over the hold short line when I checked final again out of habit. This is when I noticed the Company aircraft was in a low level turn to our assigned runway. I exclaimed over Tower frequency; 'There's something wrong. This aircraft is on my runway.' We were given hold short instructions. Although we had passed the hold short line; Tower still allowed the aircraft to land. Disaster averted!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Air carrier issued a 'line up and wait' for runway 25R at las noted traffic on final lining up for the same runway and advised ATC; although across the hold line; ATC allowed the arrival to land.