Air carrier medium large transport unauthorized runway entry with large transport on short final.

Attributes
ACN	144600
Time
Date	199005
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hou
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 172 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	144690
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200 vertical : 1000
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On ramp at hobby I, as the first officer, received clearance to taxi via red line, cross 12L and position and hold on 12R. Approaching 12R captain asked if we were cleared into position. I said yes, then completed final items of takeoff checklist. I looked out at final approach and then did double take as I saw an aircraft Y on about a 2 mi final. I told the captain. He stopped the aircraft (past hold short line). At exactly same time tower questioned whether we were on the runway. Since we were over the hold short line, I said yes. Actual position of aircraft was short of runway and displaced threshold. Air carrier Y large transport was told to go around. I told tower I/we were cleared position and hold. They said that we weren't.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG UNAUTH RWY ENTRY WITH LGT ON SHORT FINAL.

Narrative: ON RAMP AT HOBBY I, AS THE F/O, RECEIVED CLRNC TO TAXI VIA RED LINE, CROSS 12L AND POS AND HOLD ON 12R. APCHING 12R CAPT ASKED IF WE WERE CLRED INTO POS. I SAID YES, THEN COMPLETED FINAL ITEMS OF TKOF CHKLIST. I LOOKED OUT AT FINAL APCH AND THEN DID DOUBLE TAKE AS I SAW AN ACFT Y ON ABOUT A 2 MI FINAL. I TOLD THE CAPT. HE STOPPED THE ACFT (PAST HOLD SHORT LINE). AT EXACTLY SAME TIME TWR QUESTIONED WHETHER WE WERE ON THE RWY. SINCE WE WERE OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE, I SAID YES. ACTUAL POS OF ACFT WAS SHORT OF RWY AND DISPLACED THRESHOLD. ACR Y LGT WAS TOLD TO GO AROUND. I TOLD TWR I/WE WERE CLRED POS AND HOLD. THEY SAID THAT WE WEREN'T.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.