Air carrier first officer reports dtw runway 3L hold short line difficult to see.

Attributes
ACN	178866
Time
Date	199105
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
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 : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	178688
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Hold short line at the approach end of runway 3L is poorly visible. Even in the daylight conditions at dtw with sunny skies, the hold short marking at taxiway Y and 3L is very hard to see. We had no problem holding short, but under different conditions like at night or with a wet taxiway it could be a problem finding the markings to hold short of 3L.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FO REPORTS DTW RWY 3L HOLD SHORT LINE DIFFICULT TO SEE.

Narrative: HOLD SHORT LINE AT THE APCH END OF RWY 3L IS POORLY VISIBLE. EVEN IN THE DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS AT DTW WITH SUNNY SKIES, THE HOLD SHORT MARKING AT TXWY Y AND 3L IS VERY HARD TO SEE. WE HAD NO PROB HOLDING SHORT, BUT UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS LIKE AT NIGHT OR WITH A WET TXWY IT COULD BE A PROB FINDING THE MARKINGS TO HOLD SHORT OF 3L.

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.