Narrative:

The first flight of the day we arrived at the aircraft and the gpu was hooked up but even with the gpu switch on; we could not get ground power. The relay was not closing. The batteries started to fade quickly; and I had to go tell the ground crew (who were busy with their duties as they should be) that we needed to start an engine. The APU was also inoperative'ed/MEL'ed. We started the right engine and got power from it. After the engine was started; the aircraft accepted ground power. The aircraft was boarded and the door closed for an on-time departure. As happens with the emj; something didn't boot up right and we got an autoplt and yaw damper failure message that did not go away. In order to reboot or reset the system; we shut down the engine and all power to the aircraft. When we pwred up again; the messages went away. This interrupted all flows and we had to do some of the first flight items again; if not all; I don't remember. I tell you all this because these things may have been on my mind and may have distraction me. I cannot be certain. On taxi out to runway; we may have passed the hold short line. Detection: stopped short of the runway and did not see a hold short line. Because most of the time there is a hold short line; I am led to believe I may have just not seen it. Being dark and glancing back and forth at my chart trying to make sure I was going in the correct direction may have contributed to me missing the line; but I never saw the hold short line. ATC said nothing to us. There is a large area in front of runway 5 and there was plenty of room for aircraft to land without any conflict.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISTR BY ELECTRICAL PROBS DURING PREFLT; E135 FLT CREW CROSSES HOLD SHORT LINE AT CLT.

Narrative: THE FIRST FLT OF THE DAY WE ARRIVED AT THE ACFT AND THE GPU WAS HOOKED UP BUT EVEN WITH THE GPU SWITCH ON; WE COULD NOT GET GND PWR. THE RELAY WAS NOT CLOSING. THE BATTERIES STARTED TO FADE QUICKLY; AND I HAD TO GO TELL THE GND CREW (WHO WERE BUSY WITH THEIR DUTIES AS THEY SHOULD BE) THAT WE NEEDED TO START AN ENG. THE APU WAS ALSO INOP'ED/MEL'ED. WE STARTED THE R ENG AND GOT PWR FROM IT. AFTER THE ENG WAS STARTED; THE ACFT ACCEPTED GND PWR. THE ACFT WAS BOARDED AND THE DOOR CLOSED FOR AN ON-TIME DEP. AS HAPPENS WITH THE EMJ; SOMETHING DIDN'T BOOT UP RIGHT AND WE GOT AN AUTOPLT AND YAW DAMPER FAILURE MESSAGE THAT DID NOT GO AWAY. IN ORDER TO REBOOT OR RESET THE SYS; WE SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND ALL PWR TO THE ACFT. WHEN WE PWRED UP AGAIN; THE MESSAGES WENT AWAY. THIS INTERRUPTED ALL FLOWS AND WE HAD TO DO SOME OF THE FIRST FLT ITEMS AGAIN; IF NOT ALL; I DON'T REMEMBER. I TELL YOU ALL THIS BECAUSE THESE THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN ON MY MIND AND MAY HAVE DISTR ME. I CANNOT BE CERTAIN. ON TAXI OUT TO RWY; WE MAY HAVE PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE. DETECTION: STOPPED SHORT OF THE RWY AND DID NOT SEE A HOLD SHORT LINE. BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THERE IS A HOLD SHORT LINE; I AM LED TO BELIEVE I MAY HAVE JUST NOT SEEN IT. BEING DARK AND GLANCING BACK AND FORTH AT MY CHART TRYING TO MAKE SURE I WAS GOING IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ME MISSING THE LINE; BUT I NEVER SAW THE HOLD SHORT LINE. ATC SAID NOTHING TO US. THERE IS A LARGE AREA IN FRONT OF RWY 5 AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ACFT TO LAND WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.