Land runway 16R and failed to hold at the 'hold line' for clearance to cross runway 16L.

Attributes
ACN	163440
Time
Date	199011
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 180
ASRS Report	163440
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After landing on runway 16R at sea-tac and exiting on the last high speed taxiway, I began thumbing through my approach charts for the airport diagram, as I am not familiar with the sea-tac airport. At the same time my first officer was calling ground control because we had not received any instructions from the tower after landing. Ground control's reply to my first officer's call of 'with you to gate C-12' was 'where are you?' I looked up at that time to see the hold short lights for runway 16L just disappearing under the nose. I stopped quickly, but not fast enough to avoid going beyond the lights. Our distance from runway 16L was still in excess of 150'. Ground control then cleared us to the gate with the request that in the future we stay on the tower frequency until clear of the runway 'environment'. Contributing factors were: lack of instructions from the tower after landing. My looking for the airport diagram, and a dark rainy night coupled with lots of glare from the terminal lights to make taxiway and runway lights very difficult to see.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAND RWY 16R AND FAILED TO HOLD AT THE 'HOLD LINE' FOR CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 16L.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 16R AT SEA-TAC AND EXITING ON THE LAST HIGH SPD TXWY, I BEGAN THUMBING THROUGH MY APCH CHARTS FOR THE ARPT DIAGRAM, AS I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SEA-TAC ARPT. AT THE SAME TIME MY F/O WAS CALLING GND CTL BECAUSE WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TWR AFTER LNDG. GND CTL'S REPLY TO MY F/O'S CALL OF 'WITH YOU TO GATE C-12' WAS 'WHERE ARE YOU?' I LOOKED UP AT THAT TIME TO SEE THE HOLD SHORT LIGHTS FOR RWY 16L JUST DISAPPEARING UNDER THE NOSE. I STOPPED QUICKLY, BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID GOING BEYOND THE LIGHTS. OUR DISTANCE FROM RWY 16L WAS STILL IN EXCESS OF 150'. GND CTL THEN CLRED US TO THE GATE WITH THE REQUEST THAT IN THE FUTURE WE STAY ON THE TWR FREQ UNTIL CLR OF THE RWY 'ENVIRONMENT'. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: LACK OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TWR AFTER LNDG. MY LOOKING FOR THE ARPT DIAGRAM, AND A DARK RAINY NIGHT COUPLED WITH LOTS OF GLARE FROM THE TERMINAL LIGHTS TO MAKE TXWY AND RWY LIGHTS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.

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.