Narrative:

Contacted hgr ground for taxi. Instructed to 'taxi to runway 27, intersection P, full length available on request, come up on tower 120.3 when ready.' began taxi along intersection P and noted hold short line for runway 27 just as I crossed it. Came to a stop off the physical runway surface, but almost entirely across the hold line. No traffic existed and controller simply advised me to carefully observe all airport signage. Intersection papa south begins well below runway grade, comes up to runway grade in wbound orientation, then a fairly tight 'C' curve away from the runway, then, when turning toward runway, hold line is less than 1/2 a plane length from curve exit. Runway sign is aligned along sight axis toward setting sun and is parallel to runway and perpendicular to taxiway, but not perpendicular to direction of aircraft travel. PIC is absolutely responsible. However, it's an incident waiting to happen given the confign of the taxiway. A few ideas: 1) any taxiway without a minimum of 100 ft straight travel to hold line should have a warning sign. 2) any 'high taxi workload' taxiway should have a caution sign. 3) txwys should be carefully surveyed for signage visibility concerns with respect to sunrise, sunset, or shadows. 4) consider ground controller warnings for high risk txwys.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA23 PLT MADE A RWY INCURSION AT HGR, BLAMING INADEQUATE SIGNAGE, MARKINGS, AND SUN POS.

Narrative: CONTACTED HGR GND FOR TAXI. INSTRUCTED TO 'TAXI TO RWY 27, INTXN P, FULL LENGTH AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, COME UP ON TWR 120.3 WHEN READY.' BEGAN TAXI ALONG INTXN P AND NOTED HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 27 JUST AS I CROSSED IT. CAME TO A STOP OFF THE PHYSICAL RWY SURFACE, BUT ALMOST ENTIRELY ACROSS THE HOLD LINE. NO TFC EXISTED AND CTLR SIMPLY ADVISED ME TO CAREFULLY OBSERVE ALL ARPT SIGNAGE. INTXN PAPA S BEGINS WELL BELOW RWY GRADE, COMES UP TO RWY GRADE IN WBOUND ORIENTATION, THEN A FAIRLY TIGHT 'C' CURVE AWAY FROM THE RWY, THEN, WHEN TURNING TOWARD RWY, HOLD LINE IS LESS THAN 1/2 A PLANE LENGTH FROM CURVE EXIT. RWY SIGN IS ALIGNED ALONG SIGHT AXIS TOWARD SETTING SUN AND IS PARALLEL TO RWY AND PERPENDICULAR TO TXWY, BUT NOT PERPENDICULAR TO DIRECTION OF ACFT TRAVEL. PIC IS ABSOLUTELY RESPONSIBLE. HOWEVER, IT'S AN INCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN GIVEN THE CONFIGN OF THE TXWY. A FEW IDEAS: 1) ANY TXWY WITHOUT A MINIMUM OF 100 FT STRAIGHT TRAVEL TO HOLD LINE SHOULD HAVE A WARNING SIGN. 2) ANY 'HIGH TAXI WORKLOAD' TXWY SHOULD HAVE A CAUTION SIGN. 3) TXWYS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY SURVEYED FOR SIGNAGE VISIBILITY CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO SUNRISE, SUNSET, OR SHADOWS. 4) CONSIDER GND CTLR WARNINGS FOR HIGH RISK TXWYS.

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.