Single engine pilot reported that a miscommunication with ATC led to a runway incursion.

Attributes
ACN	1612567
Time
Date	201901
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	FLL.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 145 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 130
Events
Anomaly	Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

The ILS approach system was being used for approaches to the runway 10L at fll; so I held short of runway 10L at the ILS hold line. Ground asked me to contact tower and I called ready for takeoff at runway 10L. There was an aircraft landing at the time; and tower said to me to taxi up to the runway and hold short. He did not say taxi up [to] the hold short line; so I moved up past the hold short line; but a good 75 feet from the runway edge and held there. [At my home] airport we get told all the time to taxi up to the runway and hold short; and they mean exactly that. You can check the tapes; but he clearly said taxi up to the runway and hold short.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Single engine pilot reported that a miscommunication with ATC led to a runway incursion.

Narrative: The ILS Approach system was being used for approaches to the runway 10L at FLL; so I held short of Runway 10L at the ILS HOLD line. Ground asked me to contact tower and I called ready for takeoff at Runway 10L. There was an aircraft landing at the time; and tower said to me to Taxi up to the runway and hold short. He did NOT say taxi up [to] the hold short line; so I moved up past the HOLD SHORT line; but a good 75 feet from the runway edge and Held there. [At my home] airport we get told all the time to taxi up to the runway and hold short; and they mean exactly that. You can check the tapes; but he clearly said taxi up to the runway and hold short.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.