FLC OF A BEECH 1900 PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE DURING TAXI FOR TKOF DUE TO THE HOLD SHORT LINE WAS HARD TO SEE AND ITS NEW LOCATION FURTHER BACK DOWN THE TXWY FROM THE RWY.

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ON FEB/XA/00; I; THE CAPT OF A BE1900D FOR ACR; WAS TAXIING AT DUTCHESS COUNTY ARPT ON TXWY A TO RWY 6. AS I WAS TAXIING; I PERCEIVED THE HOLD SHORT LINE TO BE FURTHER UP THE TXWY THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE LINE WAS PAINTED OVER AND MOVED BACK. THE HOLD SHORT LINE WAS NOT BRIGHTLY MARKED DUE TO WEAR. JUST AS I CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE; TWR CTLR ADVISED ME THAT I HAD CROSSED IT. HE THEN STATED THAT MANY OTHER ACFT HAD MISTAKEN THE LOCATION OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE. AT THAT TIME I STOPPED THE ACFT WITHOUT INCIDENT AND PROCEEDED TO TELL THE TWR CTLR THAT I PERCEIVED THE HOLD SHORT LINE TO BE FURTHER UP THAN IT WAS. HE THEN TOLD ME TO MAKE NOTE OF ITS LOCATION AND THEN CLRED THE FLT FOR TKOF WITHOUT INCIDENT. I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SIT AND FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS RPT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN INTO THE ARPT AND USED THE SAME TXWY AGAIN; NOTICING THIS TIME THAT THE HOLD SHORT LINE WAS MORE NOTICEABLE AND THAT THERE WAS A HOLD SHORT LINE SIGN FOR RWY 6 ON THE L SIDE OF THE RWY. HE STATED THAT SINCE THE HOLD SHORT LINE WAS FURTHER BACK DOWN THE TXWY FROM THE TURN IN TO THE RWY; HE WAS NOT EXPECTING IT THAT SOON PRIOR TO THE RWY. HE BELIEVES THAT THE HOLD SHORT LINE PLACEMENT LOCATION IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ILS INTERFERENCE. HE ADVISED THAT BOTH HE AND HIS FO WERE GOING THROUGH THE PRE-TKOF CHECKLIST AND WERE NOT LOOKING FOR IT THAT SOON PRIOR TO THE RWY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE TWR CTLR WAS REFERENCING THE PRIVATE LESS EXPERIENCED PLTS IN REMARKING ABOUT OTHERS HAVE ALSO OVERSHOT THE HOLD LINE AND THEREFORE; DID NOT EXPECT HIM AS A PROFESSIONAL ACR PLT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE.