ATX PLT FAILED TO HOLD SHORT AS INSTRUCTED AND CROSSED AN ACTIVE RWY DURING REPOSITIONING FOR FUEL.
Synopsis
ATX PLT FAILED TO HOLD SHORT AS INSTRUCTED AND CROSSED AN ACTIVE RWY DURING REPOSITIONING FOR FUEL.
Narrative
I WAS REPOSITIONING MY ACFT FROM THE COMMUTER RAMP; AT FT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL ARPT; TO FBO FOR REFUELING. I WAS CLRED BY GND TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 27R AT TXWY Q. WHILE TAXIING I WAS INSTRUCTED TO EXPEDITE MY TAXIING FOR INBOUND B737 THAT WOULD BE TAXIING OFF RWY 31/13 ONTO MY TXWY. AS I TURNED ONTO TXWY Q I STARTED LOOKING FOR THE HOLD SHORT LINES. I WAS WATCHING A B727 ROLLOUT ON RWY 27R TO THE END. THE RWY AND TXWY LIGHTS WERE NOT ON YET. I ALSO NOTICED ANOTHER PLANE TAXIING INTO POS ON RWY 27R. I STILL HAD NOT FOUND OR SEEN THE HOLD SHORT LINE; WHEN I NOTICED I WAS ON THE RWY SO I CONTINUED ACROSS AND CONTACTED GND AND TOLD THEM WHERE I WAS. THEY SAID THEY WERE WATCHING ME AND INSTRUCTED ME TO CONTINUE TO FBO. I FEEL VERY BAD ABOUT XING THE RWY. I HAD FLOWN 7.2 HRS FLT TIME AND HAD BEEN UP SINCE XX00 AM. I FEEL THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN ON. I ALSO BELIEVE THERE IS A PROB WITH THE PAINTED LINES AT THE ARPT. THE SURFACE OF THE RWYS AND TXWYS IS LIGHT GREY. THE HOLD SHORT LINES AT TXWY Q HAVE BEEN MOVED; PAINTED BLACK AND THE YELLOW OVER THE BLACK. THEY ARE HARD TO SEE DURING THE DAYTIME AND ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT NIGHT WITHOUT THE ARPT LIGHTING. I HOPE THEY ARE REPAINTED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.