Narrative:

Taxi instructions were issued to taxi runway 4, hold short taxiway east. Captain began to taxi while I performed taxi checklist items. The captain speaks english as a second language and I don't think he heard 'hold short.' I looked up in time to tell him to stop as we were abeam taxiway east. He then instructed me to inform tower that we were ready for departure. He then told us to taxi up to hold short of the runway. He started taxiing to the hold short line and rounded the corner onto taxi east, which is a taxiway that is lined up with the centerline of runway 4 but well short of the landing threshold. As another aircraft was in closed traffic, I believe the confusing taxiway marking, combined with the captain's english deficiencies contributed to the situation in addition to confusing secondary taxi instructions. The aircraft in closed traffic pattern kept a safe altitude and flew over top of our aircraft to a safe uneventful landing. Tower requested no special actions from either aircraft, or information from the pilots.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN EMBRAER 120 FLC TAXIED ONTO THE EXTENDED CTRLINE OF THE ACTIVE RWY. A LNDG ACFT PASSED ABOVE THE TAXIING ACFT AND LANDED.

Narrative: TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE ISSUED TO TAXI RWY 4, HOLD SHORT TXWY E. CAPT BEGAN TO TAXI WHILE I PERFORMED TAXI CHKLIST ITEMS. THE CAPT SPEAKS ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND I DON'T THINK HE HEARD 'HOLD SHORT.' I LOOKED UP IN TIME TO TELL HIM TO STOP AS WE WERE ABEAM TXWY E. HE THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO INFORM TWR THAT WE WERE READY FOR DEP. HE THEN TOLD US TO TAXI UP TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY. HE STARTED TAXIING TO THE HOLD SHORT LINE AND ROUNDED THE CORNER ONTO TAXI E, WHICH IS A TXWY THAT IS LINED UP WITH THE CTRLINE OF RWY 4 BUT WELL SHORT OF THE LNDG THRESHOLD. AS ANOTHER ACFT WAS IN CLOSED TFC, I BELIEVE THE CONFUSING TXWY MARKING, COMBINED WITH THE CAPT'S ENGLISH DEFICIENCIES CONTRIBUTED TO THE SIT IN ADDITION TO CONFUSING SECONDARY TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. THE ACFT IN CLOSED TFC PATTERN KEPT A SAFE ALT AND FLEW OVER TOP OF OUR ACFT TO A SAFE UNEVENTFUL LNDG. TWR REQUESTED NO SPECIAL ACTIONS FROM EITHER ACFT, OR INFO FROM THE PLTS.

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.