RWY INCURSION BY A LOW TIME PVT PLT AT RWY 36; JVL; WI.

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THE PROB THAT AROSE OCCURRED ON A 6.2 HR IFR XCOUNTRY FROM CMI-LSE-JVL-CMI. THE PURPOSE OF THE XCOUNTRY WAS FOR PLT TRAINING. THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED WAS A FAILURE TO IDENT THE RWY 36 HOLD LINE AT JVL; WHEN TAXIING; WHICH RESULTED IN A RWY INCURSION. THIS TIME THE RWY ADJACENT TO RWY 36; RWY 31 WAS CLOSED INDEFINITELY AND MARKED WITH CONES. INCLUDED WITH THIS RPT IS A DIAGRAM OF THE ARPT. WHEN TAXIING FROM THE FBO THIS WAS THE ONLY RWY THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF IDENTING AND WAS NOT IN VIEW OF RWY 36. RWY 31 WAS ON THE L OF THE TXWY. DUE TO THIS MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED TO THE CLOSED RWY ON THE L; MORE SPECIFICALLY THE MARKERS IN PLACE TO SIGNIFY ITS CLOSURE. AT THE SAME TIME I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE RWY 36 BEGAN AND RWY 31 STARTED. DUE TO THIS DIVERSION OF ATTN AND MY UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE ARPT; I FAILED TO ACQUIRE THE HOLD LINE UNTIL AFTER HAVING PASSED IT. I REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHEN I FINALLY DID ACQUIRE RWY 36; AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO LINE IN FRONT OF ME. IMMEDIATELY UPON DISCOVERING THAT THE HOLD LINE HAD BEEN PASSED I STOPPED THE PLANE. THIS OCCURRED NEAR THE START OF THE CLOSED RWY 31; BUT I HAD NOT CROSSED THE RWY EDGE OF RWY 36 YET. NOT SURE OF WHAT TO DO NOW; I DEBATED DOING A 180 DEGS TO GO BACK TO THE HOLD LINE. HAVING DECIDED THAT THE INCIDENT HAD ALREADY BEEN VIOLATED; I DECIDED IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF MYSELF AND OTHERS TO CALL TWR. AFTER CALLING TWR THEY CLRED ME FOR TKOF; AND NOTED THAT I WAS PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE; AND THAT THIS WAS A RWY INCURSION. I FELT THE NEED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF; BUT FELT THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO EXPEDITE MY DEP AND NOT TIE UP THE RADIO FREQ. I APOLOGIZED FOR THE INCIDENT; REPEATED MY CLRNC AND TOOK OFF. THANKFULLY THE INCIDENT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY INCONVENIENCE TO ANY ACFT; SINCE NONE WERE ON FINAL FOR THE RWY AT THE TIME AND I WAS STILL WELL OUTSIDE OF THE RWY EDGE OF RWY 36 AND ITS SHOULDER. NO ACFT EXCEPT MYSELF WAS AFFECTED BY THE SIT NOR WERE ANY FORCED TO GO AROUND OR EXECUTE ANY EMER MANEUVERS. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE INCIDENT WAS A COMBINATION OF FACTORS. THE PARAMOUNT FACTOR BEING THAT I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POSITIONAL AWARENESS. SUCH WAS THE UNFAMILIARITY THAT I HAD REQUESTED A PROGRESSIVE TAXI WHEN I HAD LANDED EARLIER. OTHER FACTORS INCLUDE THE CLOSED RWY AND THE PROX OF THE 2 RWYS. THIS LED TO AN INABILITY TO ACTUALLY TELL WHERE RWY 36 DIFFERENTIATED ITSELF FROM RWY 31. THESE FACTORS LED ME TO DIVERT MY ATTN TO THE RWYS ON THE L RATHER THEN THE TXWY IN FRONT.