Narrative:

During taxi from cargo area to runway 18, captain (aircraft X) missed turn onto taxiway T and continued toward runway 18. Captain stopped short of runway, but past hold line. First officer was distracted and looking down to get tower frequency in preparation for change-over. Ground control called 'hold short!' at about the same time as captain stopped aircraft. Captain checked with tower upon arrival at destination and was told that two other aircraft had made the same mistake that evening and 'around 10 aircraft' had done the same in the previous week. Captain indicated that signage was poor and confusing. There was an aircraft on takeoff roll which took no action.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FLC MISSED RWY 18 HOLD SHORT LINE, BEING ALERTED BY GND CTL. AT DEST, PIC CALLED CYWG TWR TO LEARN OTHER ACFT HAVE TAXIED OVER SAME HOLD SHORT LINE.

Narrative: DURING TAXI FROM CARGO AREA TO RWY 18, CAPT (ACFT X) MISSED TURN ONTO TXWY T AND CONTINUED TOWARD RWY 18. CAPT STOPPED SHORT OF RWY, BUT PAST HOLD LINE. FO WAS DISTRACTED AND LOOKING DOWN TO GET TWR FREQ IN PREPARATION FOR CHANGE-OVER. GND CTL CALLED 'HOLD SHORT!' AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS CAPT STOPPED ACFT. CAPT CHECKED WITH TWR UPON ARR AT DEST AND WAS TOLD THAT TWO OTHER ACFT HAD MADE THE SAME MISTAKE THAT EVENING AND 'AROUND 10 ACFT' HAD DONE THE SAME IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK. CAPT INDICATED THAT SIGNAGE WAS POOR AND CONFUSING. THERE WAS AN ACFT ON TKOF ROLL WHICH TOOK NO ACTION.

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.