FLC OF MLG ALLEGEDLY OVERRAN TAXIWAY HOLD LINE AT BUR.
Synopsis
FLC OF MLG ALLEGEDLY OVERRAN TAXIWAY HOLD LINE AT BUR.
Narrative
WHILE TAXIING TO RWY 8 AT BUR WE WERE TOLD TO 'TAXI TO 15; HOLD SHORT OF 8'. WE STARTED TO TAXI AND THEN GND SAID THAT WE JUST PASSED THE HOLD LINE. NEITHER I NOR THE FO HAD BEEN TO BUR IN SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE THE HOLD LINE HAD BEEN MOVED. THERE WAS NO NOTAM; NO SIGNS ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY; NO INFO ON THE ATIS AND NO INFO ON THE 10-9 CHART ON THE NEW UNUSUAL LOCATION OF THE HOLD LINE. THE HOLD LINE TO RWY 8 IS PERPENDICULAR. HOLD LINE TO RWY 8 SEVERAL HUNDRED FT E OF THE TAXIWAY WHERE YOU TURN TO TAXI ACROSS RWY 8. THE SUN WAS PARTIALLY BLINDING US; AS IT WAS SETTING; AND APPARENTLY REFLECTED OFF THE TAXIWAY OBSCURING THE LINES. WE DID NOTICE MANY SETS OF OBSCURED LINES APPEARING TO BE LEAD IN LINES; GATE MARKINGS; ROADWAY MARKINGS; ETC; BUT NO HOLD SHORT LINES. AFTER GND TOLD US TO STOP BECAUSE WE HAD PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE; ANOTHER AIRLINER WHO WAS FOLLOWING US TO THE RWY STATED 'THAT HE COULD NOT SEE ANY LINES EITHER; APPARENTLY BECAUSE OF THE SUN'. THE UNUSUAL POS OF THE HOLD SHORT LINES NEED TO BE MARKED BETTER AND DOCUMENTED. AT SUNSET THE NEW LINES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. A SIGN ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY OR YELLOW FLASHING LIGHTS OR EVEN REFLECTORS ON THE TAXIWAY WOULD HELP VISIBILITY. ALSO THE ARPT DIAGRAM (10-9) CHART SHOULD ALSO NOTE THE POS OF THE UNUSUAL PLACEMENT OF THE HOLD LINES.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.