An A320 entered iad runway 19C after being told to hold short because the runway markings did not cl...

Narrative:

We landed on runaway 19R. Tower instructed us to taxi via taxiway W2 and to hold short of runway 19C. Runway 19C was closed for construction and men and equipment were located on it. The captain taxied onto runway 19C without holding short; and then stopped when he realized he was on the closed runway. He asked me if I thought we had taxied onto runway 19C and I replied that I did; although I pointed out that I had not seen the typical runway signage prior to our movement onto the closed runway. There was a fair amount of construction and it appeared that that intersection was either poorly marked or not marked; or we both failed to see the markings. At that point the tower reminded us that we had been instructed to hold short. I apologized and we continued to our gate without further incident. The following aircraft that landed on runway 19R (another major part 121 carrier) offered an unsolicited remark to the tower controller that he could see why we had failed to hold short; since the intersection/runway were poorly marked.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 entered IAD Runway 19C after being told to hold short because the runway markings did not clearly indicate that the W2 intersection was an entry to Runway 19C.

Narrative: We landed on Runaway 19R. Tower instructed us to taxi via Taxiway W2 and to hold short of Runway 19C. Runway 19C was closed for construction and men and equipment were located on it. The Captain taxied onto Runway 19C without holding short; and then stopped when he realized he was on the closed runway. He asked me if I thought we had taxied onto Runway 19C and I replied that I did; although I pointed out that I had not seen the typical runway signage prior to our movement onto the closed runway. There was a fair amount of construction and it appeared that that intersection was either poorly marked or not marked; or we both failed to see the markings. At that point the Tower reminded us that we had been instructed to hold short. I apologized and we continued to our gate without further incident. The following aircraft that landed on Runway 19R (another major Part 121 carrier) offered an unsolicited remark to the Tower Controller that he could see why we had failed to hold short; since the intersection/runway were poorly marked.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	855847
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	IAD.Airport
State Reference	DC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 5500 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

An A320 entered iad runway 19C after being told to hold short because the runway markings did not clearly indicate that the W2 intersection was an entry to runway 19C.