CESSNA CITATION CREW ENCROACHES ON RWY ENVIRONMENT.
Synopsis
CESSNA CITATION CREW ENCROACHES ON RWY ENVIRONMENT.
Narrative
THE TIME WAS XA30 AND THIS WAS THE LAST LEG OF A 3 LEG TRIP. WE WERE GOING TO TOLEDO WITH NO PAX; JUST 2 CREW MEMBERS. WE WERE CLRED BY GND CTL TO TAXI FROM THE FBO TO RWY 33. THE 'HOLD SHORT' LINES ARE AT THE EDGE OF THE RAMP AND AS I TAXIED TO THE RWY I SAW THE RED SIGN IDENTING THE RWY; BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE THE 'HOLD SHORT' LINES; OR ANY TYPE OF SIGN OR LIGHT INDICATING THERE WERE HIGH SPD LINES THERE. I WAS TOLD BY GND TO 'STOP THERE.' AT THAT TIME I REALIZED WE HAD PASSED THE LINES BY A FEW FT. WE WEREN'T RUSHING; OR IN A HURRY; BUT WE WERE FINISHING OUR TAXI AND BEFORE TKOF CHKLISTS; SO THE FO WAS HEADS DOWN FOR THE MOST PART AND I WAS LOOKING FARTHER DOWN THE TXWY AND WASN'T EXPECTING THE HIGH SPD LINES FOR A WHILE. OUR INFRACTION WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT AS WE HELD OUR POS FOR LNDG TFC ON A 2 MI FINAL. AFTER THE TFC LANDED; WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. WHEN TAXIING AT NIGHT AT SOME OF THE OTHER ARPTS WE FREQUENT; I'VE NOTICED WELL LIT YELLOW SIGNS AND/OR LIGHTS IDENTING THE HOLD LINES; AND THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL. THE GND CTLR AT DTW MENTIONED THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN XING THOSE LINES AT NIGHT AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A TOPIC AT THEIR NEXT SAFETY MEETING.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.