An aircraft on taxiway B was told to hold short of lax runway 25R on taxiway U; but the aircraft tax...

Narrative:

Flight to lax; after landing on runway 24R we were cleared to taxi via aa; then left on C; right turn on right; and right turn on B; hold short of U and monitor south tower frequency. Tower then cleared us to turn onto U and hold short of 25R. We made the left turn and realized we had crossed the hold short line; which is on the edge of taxiway B for taxiway U; and immediately stopped the aircraft. At no time did the aircraft encroach on runway 25R. We were then cleared to cross 25R and then 25L and taxi via a to parking. When tower cleared us to turn onto U and hold short of runway 25R I assumed the hold short line would be on taxiway U between taxiway B and runway 25R. With this in mind I was looking to the right to clear and back forward at which time the hold short line was out of view under the nose of the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An aircraft on Taxiway B was told to hold short of LAX Runway 25R on Taxiway U; but the aircraft taxied beyond the hold short line because it is at the immediate intersection of B and U some distance from the runway.

Narrative: Flight to LAX; after landing on Runway 24R we were cleared to taxi via AA; then left on C; right turn on R; and right turn on B; hold short of U and monitor South Tower frequency. Tower then cleared us to turn onto U and hold short of 25R. We made the left turn and realized we had crossed the hold short line; which is on the edge of Taxiway B for Taxiway U; and immediately stopped the aircraft. At no time did the aircraft encroach on Runway 25R. We were then cleared to cross 25R and then 25L and taxi via A to parking. When Tower cleared us to turn onto U and hold short of Runway 25R I assumed the hold short line would be on Taxiway U between Taxiway B and Runway 25R. With this in mind I was looking to the right to clear and back forward at which time the hold short line was out of view under the nose of the aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1032528
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

An aircraft on taxiway B was told to hold short of lax runway 25R on taxiway U; but the aircraft taxied beyond the hold short line because it is at the immediate intersection of B and U some distance from the runway.