A C650 captain advised the hold short lines on taxiway left short of runway 32/14 at mynn are worn; ...

Attributes
ACN	891453
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MYNN.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation III VI VII (C650)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 450
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

We were leaving the FBO ramp and received a taxi clearance to 'taxi to runway 14 via lima; hold short of 14'. Lima goes out of the FBO ramp but the taxiway hold short lines for runway 14/32 are placed a long way back from the runway; are very faint and worn; and there are no other signs or markings. They are not where you would normally expect them to be as they are actually closer to the ramp than the runway. Because they are poorly marked; and there are no other signs we missed them as we were running the checklists. We did stop well before the runway intersection; but when we asked where the hold short lines were; we had already passed them. If it would have been lower visibility due to rain; it could have been a very different situation with a runway incursion possible. Corrective measures would be to repaint these lines where pilots can actually see them; as well as the addition of signs/lights like all major airports have; especially due to the remote location of this intersection on the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C650 Captain advised the hold short lines on Taxiway L short of Runway 32/14 at MYNN are worn; faint and barely distinguishable. The recognition problem is exacerbated by their location closer to the FBO ramp than to the runway itself.

Narrative: We were leaving the FBO ramp and received a taxi clearance to 'taxi to Runway 14 via Lima; hold short of 14'. Lima goes out of the FBO ramp but the taxiway hold short lines for Runway 14/32 are placed a long way back from the runway; are very faint and worn; and there are no other signs or markings. They are not where you would normally expect them to be as they are actually closer to the ramp than the runway. Because they are poorly marked; and there are no other signs we missed them as we were running the checklists. We did stop well before the runway intersection; but when we asked where the hold short lines were; we had already passed them. If it would have been lower visibility due to rain; it could have been a very different situation with a runway incursion possible. Corrective measures would be to repaint these lines where pilots can actually see them; as well as the addition of signs/lights like all major airports have; especially due to the remote location of this intersection on the airport.

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.

A C650 captain advised the hold short lines on taxiway left short of runway 32/14 at mynn are worn; faint and barely distinguishable. The recognition problem is exacerbated by their location closer to the FBO ramp than to the runway itself.