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A BE76 crew taxies over the hold short line onto a displaced threshold without clearance on a night operation at mei, ms.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 536663 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mei.airport |
| State Reference | MS |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Duchess 76 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 115 flight time total : 485 flight time type : 109 |
| ASRS Report | 536663 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
My student and I, with 2 passenger on board, were cleared to taxi to runway 19 at mei airport, ms. After taxiing to runway 19 and completing our run-up, I told my student to go ahead and taxi to the hold short line and call the tower. As he did so, I was checking the airport diagram to make sure we knew where we were going. As the plane came to a stop, I looked up and noticed we had come to a stop on the displaced threshold lined up with centerline. We apparently never saw any sort of hold short line. The hold short line either is extremely faded or we had both overlooked it in the dark. We quickly called tower, requesting takeoff and advised them that we accidentally taxied onto the runway. There was no traffic on the ground or in close vicinity of the airport that we could see after quickly and frantically checking, so we luckily posed no danger to anyone. We were immediately cleared for takeoff and later told to contact departure and that they were going to log this pilot discrepancy. From now on, I'm not taxiing unless I can see the hold short line I'm going to.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE76 CREW TAXIES OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE ONTO A DISPLACED THRESHOLD WITHOUT CLRNC ON A NIGHT OP AT MEI, MS.
Narrative: MY STUDENT AND I, WITH 2 PAX ON BOARD, WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 19 AT MEI ARPT, MS. AFTER TAXIING TO RWY 19 AND COMPLETING OUR RUN-UP, I TOLD MY STUDENT TO GO AHEAD AND TAXI TO THE HOLD SHORT LINE AND CALL THE TWR. AS HE DID SO, I WAS CHKING THE ARPT DIAGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW WHERE WE WERE GOING. AS THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP, I LOOKED UP AND NOTICED WE HAD COME TO A STOP ON THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD LINED UP WITH CTRLINE. WE APPARENTLY NEVER SAW ANY SORT OF HOLD SHORT LINE. THE HOLD SHORT LINE EITHER IS EXTREMELY FADED OR WE HAD BOTH OVERLOOKED IT IN THE DARK. WE QUICKLY CALLED TWR, REQUESTING TKOF AND ADVISED THEM THAT WE ACCIDENTALLY TAXIED ONTO THE RWY. THERE WAS NO TFC ON THE GND OR IN CLOSE VICINITY OF THE ARPT THAT WE COULD SEE AFTER QUICKLY AND FRANTICALLY CHKING, SO WE LUCKILY POSED NO DANGER TO ANYONE. WE WERE IMMEDIATELY CLRED FOR TKOF AND LATER TOLD TO CONTACT DEP AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOG THIS PLT DISCREPANCY. FROM NOW ON, I'M NOT TAXIING UNLESS I CAN SEE THE HOLD SHORT LINE I'M GOING TO.
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.