B737 crossed runway hold line at cle while taxiing to the gate.

Attributes
ACN	586014
Time
Date	200307
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cle.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	586014
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After landing at cle on runway 6L, we exited on runway 10/28, we were cleared to cross runway 6C hold short of runway 6R. The captain was a little confused about which hold short line to hold short of (we should have held short of the first line). By the time I told him to stop, we crossed the hold short line. The tower continued to clear people to take off on runway 6R with us in that position. There is another short line that is for the opposite direction and that is what the captain thought he was looking for. The markings are clear enough, but it is a little confusing to hold short of the first line with the second line in front of you. Based off of our conversation, he was confused because most of the time you hold short of the last line prior to the runway. We talked about the markings of the hold short lines. We both learned to read the hold short lines more carefully. The only question I have is why is that the hold short line when we crossed it and they still let people use that runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CROSSED RWY HOLD LINE AT CLE WHILE TAXIING TO THE GATE.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT CLE ON RWY 6L, WE EXITED ON RWY 10/28, WE WERE CLRED TO CROSS RWY 6C HOLD SHORT OF RWY 6R. THE CAPT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH HOLD SHORT LINE TO HOLD SHORT OF (WE SHOULD HAVE HELD SHORT OF THE FIRST LINE). BY THE TIME I TOLD HIM TO STOP, WE CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THE TWR CONTINUED TO CLR PEOPLE TO TAKE OFF ON RWY 6R WITH US IN THAT POS. THERE IS ANOTHER SHORT LINE THAT IS FOR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THAT IS WHAT THE CAPT THOUGHT HE WAS LOOKING FOR. THE MARKINGS ARE CLR ENOUGH, BUT IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING TO HOLD SHORT OF THE FIRST LINE WITH THE SECOND LINE IN FRONT OF YOU. BASED OFF OF OUR CONVERSATION, HE WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME YOU HOLD SHORT OF THE LAST LINE PRIOR TO THE RWY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE MARKINGS OF THE HOLD SHORT LINES. WE BOTH LEARNED TO READ THE HOLD SHORT LINES MORE CAREFULLY. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY IS THAT THE HOLD SHORT LINE WHEN WE CROSSED IT AND THEY STILL LET PEOPLE USE THAT RWY.

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.