Air carrier experienced a runway incursion at dca after ATC initially issued 'line up and wait' but ...

Attributes
ACN	924562
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DCA.Airport
State Reference	DC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 4400
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

Dca tower controller cleared us to 'line up and wait'. Several seconds later tower told us to hold short. I stopped as quickly as possible. Tower asked if we were across the hold line and we said that we were approximately 5 feet over the line. Tower sent one aircraft around that was 1 to 2 miles away on final approach. Tower asked if we could turn around; but we didn't have room due to another aircraft holding short waiting for takeoff. Tower then cleared us for an immediate takeoff. No major conflict/close call occurred. What could be done to prevent a recurrence would be to have the tower state who is next for takeoff; to move up to the hold line; which would allow the tower more time to sequence takeoff and landing aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier experienced a runway incursion at DCA after ATC initially issued 'Line Up and Wait' but then changed the instruction to 'hold short' after the aircraft had crossed the hold short line.

Narrative: DCA Tower controller cleared us to 'Line Up and Wait'. Several seconds later Tower told us to hold short. I stopped as quickly as possible. Tower asked if we were across the hold line and we said that we were approximately 5 feet over the line. Tower sent one aircraft around that was 1 to 2 miles away on final approach. Tower asked if we could turn around; but we didn't have room due to another aircraft holding short waiting for takeoff. Tower then cleared us for an immediate takeoff. No major conflict/close call occurred. What could be done to prevent a recurrence would be to have the Tower state who is next for takeoff; to move up to the hold line; which would allow the Tower more time to sequence takeoff and landing aircraft.

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.

Air carrier experienced a runway incursion at dca after ATC initially issued 'line up and wait' but then changed the instruction to 'hold short' after the aircraft had crossed the hold short line.