DC8 taxies past runway hold line at sdf.

Attributes
ACN	421604
Time
Date	199812
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sdf
State Reference	KY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	421604
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On taxi out, we were given taxi instructions to a different runway than expected. Due to the short taxi distance, I was very busy starting the other 2 engines. Runway 35R has a displaced threshold, the hold short line is nonstandard being about 150 ft north of the intersection of the taxiway and runway on the parallel. I did not see the hold short line and continued to taxi approximately 100 ft past the hold short when I noticed the green taxiway centerline lights and stopped. As I stopped, tower cleared me for takeoff. There were no other aircraft on final and the aircraft never came near the runway environment. I think that the hold short line, especially one that is in a nonstandard position, needs to be marked better. There were no yellow lights on the taxiway marking the hold short. My attention to taxiing could have been better, by starting the other engines earlier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC8 TAXIES PAST RWY HOLD LINE AT SDF.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT, WE WERE GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO A DIFFERENT RWY THAN EXPECTED. DUE TO THE SHORT TAXI DISTANCE, I WAS VERY BUSY STARTING THE OTHER 2 ENGS. RWY 35R HAS A DISPLACED THRESHOLD, THE HOLD SHORT LINE IS NONSTANDARD BEING ABOUT 150 FT N OF THE INTXN OF THE TXWY AND RWY ON THE PARALLEL. I DID NOT SEE THE HOLD SHORT LINE AND CONTINUED TO TAXI APPROX 100 FT PAST THE HOLD SHORT WHEN I NOTICED THE GREEN TXWY CTRLINE LIGHTS AND STOPPED. AS I STOPPED, TWR CLRED ME FOR TKOF. THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT ON FINAL AND THE ACFT NEVER CAME NEAR THE RWY ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THAT THE HOLD SHORT LINE, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS IN A NONSTANDARD POS, NEEDS TO BE MARKED BETTER. THERE WERE NO YELLOW LIGHTS ON THE TXWY MARKING THE HOLD SHORT. MY ATTN TO TAXIING COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, BY STARTING THE OTHER ENGS EARLIER.

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.