An A300 flight crew skid across the runway hold line on slick txwys.

Attributes
ACN	575983
Time
Date	200303
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Weather Elements	Ice Snow
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mke.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	575983
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : regained aircraft control 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
Situations
Airport	snow removal : ewr.airport taxiway surface condition : ewr.airport

Narrative:

Landed on runway 4R, told to hold short of runway 4L. Heavy snow prior days leaving slick, snow covered txwys. Mistook runway 4L for parallel and taxiway between runways. First officer pointed out hold short sign just as it was 10-15 ft in front of cockpit. Maximum braking, but due to slick surface, slid past hold short line. Tower notified, no runway excursion per his computer or our window view. No incident occurred. Problem: poor lighting on parallel taxiway such that it went by unnoticed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A300 FLT CREW SKID ACROSS THE RWY HOLD LINE ON SLICK TXWYS.

Narrative: LANDED ON RWY 4R, TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 4L. HVY SNOW PRIOR DAYS LEAVING SLICK, SNOW COVERED TXWYS. MISTOOK RWY 4L FOR PARALLEL AND TXWY BTWN RWYS. FO POINTED OUT HOLD SHORT SIGN JUST AS IT WAS 10-15 FT IN FRONT OF COCKPIT. MAX BRAKING, BUT DUE TO SLICK SURFACE, SLID PAST HOLD SHORT LINE. TWR NOTIFIED, NO RWY EXCURSION PER HIS COMPUTER OR OUR WINDOW VIEW. NO INCIDENT OCCURRED. PROB: POOR LIGHTING ON PARALLEL TXWY SUCH THAT IT WENT BY UNNOTICED.

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.