A B190 PLT TAXIED PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE DURING TAXI FOR TKOF AT HUT.

Date: 2001-10 · Aircraft: Sport 19 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

A B190 PLT TAXIED PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE DURING TAXI FOR TKOF AT HUT.

Narrative

DURING AN IFR TRAINING FLT; WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 35. ARRIVING THERE; WE TAXIED PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 35 AND STOPPED BTWN THE HOLD SHORT FOR RWY 4. BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR RWY ASSIGNMENT; COMBINED WITH THIS UNUSUAL ARRANGEMENT/COMBINATION OF HOLD SHORT LINES AND THEIR FADED PAINT STRIPES WITHOUT SHADING; MADE IT EASY TO BECOME CONFUSED ABOUT THE CORRECT HOLD SHORT POS. MOREOVER; RWY 4 INTERSECTS NEAR THE END OF RWY 35 AND THE TXWY MAKES ABOUT A 50 DEG TURN RIGHT AFTER XING RWY 4 WHICH BRINGS UP THE DUAL HOLD SHORT MARKINGS RATHER QUICKLY. ANY PLT WOULD FEEL A BIT CRAMPED FOR SPACE; PERHAPS; AND IF EVEN SLIGHTLY DISTR; INADVERTENTLY TAXI PAST THE FIRST HOLD SHORT. FINALLY; THE HOLD SHORT MARKINGS AS DEPICTED LEAVE THE PLT(S) WONDERING WHY WOULD THERE BE A HOLD SHORT LINE COMING OFF THE DEP END OF RWY 17. IN OTHER WORDS; EVIDENTLY ONE COULD NOT TAXI OFF RWY 17 -- HE MUST STOP ON THE RWY AND GET PERMISSION TO TAXI OFF. NOT AN IDEAL SIT; IN MY OPINION. SUGGESTIONS: 1) REPAINT THE FADED HOLD LINES AND SHADOW THEM WITH BLACK PAINT TO MAKE THEM MORE VISIBLE. 2) AT ANY ARPT; PERHAPS A LIGHTED SIGN INDICATING THE MEANING OF HOLD LINES IN A SIT LIKE THIS WHERE DUAL HOLD SHORT LINES FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ARE IN CLOSE PROX TO EACH OTHER WOULD BE OF SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.