PA34 PILOT REPORTS RWY INCURSION AT SRQ AFTER INADVERTENTLY CROSSING HOLD LINE FOR RWY 14 LOCATED ON TXWY A.

2007-10 · NASA ASRS report 758370

Date: 2007-10 · Aircraft: PA-34-200 Seneca I

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

PA34 PILOT REPORTS RWY INCURSION AT SRQ AFTER INADVERTENTLY CROSSING HOLD LINE FOR RWY 14 LOCATED ON TXWY A.

Narrative

TAXIING FOR TKOF ON RWY 14 AT SRQ. CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 14 AND HOLD SHORT. WHILE TAXIING; I INADVERTENTLY CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE. AN ACFT ON FINAL MAY HAVE HAD TO GO AROUND. I BELIEVE I MISTOOK THE RWY ENTRANCE MARKING FOR AN ILS HOLD SHORT LINE BECAUSE OF WHERE IT WAS ON THE TXWY. THE RWY ENTRANCE IS ON THE PARALLEL TXWY; FACING A 10 FOOT HIGH BRICK WALL. MENTALLY; I DID NOT EXPECT THE ENTRANCE TO BE THERE; AND I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING PAST THE ENTRANCE LINE TO TRY AND FIND THE RWY ENTRANCE LINE AT A POINT 90 DEGS TO THE RWY; LIKE AT MOST ARPTS. AFTER GND ADVISED ME TO TAXI BACK; I REALIZED MY MISTAKE. I THINK THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO BE A RECURRING PROB AS THE PLACEMENT IS NON-STANDARD. I FLY TO MANY ARPTS EACH MONTH; AM HIGHLY EXPERIENCED; AND STILL THIS FOOLED ME. WORKLOAD WAS LOW. THE TXWY IS SO WIDE; WHEN I WENT BACK I NOTICED THE RWY ENTRANCE MARKERS ON THE SIDES OF THE RWY WERE BLOCKED BY MY CANOPY POST AS I GOT CLOSE. PLTS DO NOT EXPECT THE RWY ENTRANCE TO BE ON A PARALLEL TXWY; FACING A BRICK WALL.

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

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