Narrative:

Landed river visual runway 19 dca, crossed intersection of runway 31/21. Cleared at taxiway a. Advised to hold short of runway 21 at taxiway J for landing traffic. Held short, well clear, but unable to discern hold short line until on it. Traffic landed runway 21. We were cleared across runway 21 to our gate. No conflict or reference to taxiway position.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 21 AT TXWY J RPTED HARD TO SEE AT DCA.

Narrative: LANDED RIVER VISUAL RWY 19 DCA, CROSSED INTXN OF RWY 31/21. CLRED AT TXWY A. ADVISED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 21 AT TXWY J FOR LNDG TFC. HELD SHORT, WELL CLR, BUT UNABLE TO DISCERN HOLD SHORT LINE UNTIL ON IT. TFC LANDED RWY 21. WE WERE CLRED ACROSS RWY 21 TO OUR GATE. NO CONFLICT OR REF TO TXWY POS.

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.