A BE9L PLT; TAXIING FOR TKOF AT PDK; TAXIED PAST A HOLD SHORT LINE.
Synopsis
A BE9L PLT; TAXIING FOR TKOF AT PDK; TAXIED PAST A HOLD SHORT LINE.
Narrative
AS I STARTED TO TAXI; I WAS TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 34 AND TXWY B AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 2R. AS I NEARED RWY 2L; I ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION OF HOLD SHORT RWY 2R. AFTER XING RWY 2L I PASSED OVER THE HOLD LINES. I THOUGHT THAT THESE WERE FOR EXITING RWY 2L. THE CTLR TOLD ME TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 2R. I RESPONDED THAT I WAS GOING TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 2R. I WAS TAXIING VERY SLOWLY BECAUSE ABOUT 3 RWYS AND 2 TXWYS CONVERGE AHEAD OF ME. AS I PASSED THE DOGLEG L AND WAS XING TXWY C; THE CTLR TOLD ME TO STOP. I STOPPED. THE CTLR SAID THAT I HAD CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE. I SAID THAT I HAD NOT SEEN IT YET. THE CTLR SAID THAT IT WAS BEHIND ME. I WAS STILL 50-70 FT FROM RWY 2R. I EXPECTED THE HOLD SHORT LINES TO BE IN FRONT OF ME. THE TFC NOW WAS TO RWY 34. NO ONE TALKED TO ME FOR AT LEAST 2 MINS. NOT WANTING TO AGGRAVATE THE SIT; I JUST WAITED FOR THE NEXT XMISSION. WHEN CLRED TO TAXI ACROSS RWY 2R TO RWY 34; IT WAS A DIFFERENT CTLR. IF IN FACT THE HOLD SHORT LINES THAT I CROSSED AFTER RWY 2L WERE LINED TO INDICATE RWY 2R; THEY ARE NOT IN A LOGICAL PLACE AND TOO FAR FROM RWY 2R. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH A PDK TWR SPECIALIST REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: TXWY B HAS HOLD LINES FOR RWY 2L/20R; ON RESPECTIVE SIDES OF THE RWY. THE HOLD LINE FOR RWY 2R/20L ALSO SERVES AS A HOLD LINE FOR RWY 9/27. ITS LOCATION IS JUST PRIOR TO TXWY C.
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