Medium large transport at fai crosses runway hold line obscured by snow.

Attributes
ACN	453027
Time
Date	199910
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fai.airport
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fai.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground : 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 : 240 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 737
ASRS Report	452027
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2300
ASRS Report	453030
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Environmental Factor Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On taxi out following snowfall, snow had stopped. Crossed the hold line without clearance. Contacted tower and they said we were ok. Suggest in pavement lighting and wigwags for all hold lines.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG AT FAI CROSSES RWY HOLD LINE OBSCURED BY SNOW.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT FOLLOWING SNOWFALL, SNOW HAD STOPPED. CROSSED THE HOLD LINE WITHOUT CLRNC. CONTACTED TWR AND THEY SAID WE WERE OK. SUGGEST IN PAVEMENT LIGHTING AND WIGWAGS FOR ALL HOLD LINES.

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.