A B737-700 flight crew inadvertently taxied past the runway 35 hold short line. Confusion over the l...

Narrative:

We were told to taxi to runway 35; via alpha; hold short of papa. At papa; we contacted tower and told them we were ready. Tower said to hold short of runway 35. The runway 35 hold short line on papa is almost right at alpha; while the 35 hold short at alpha is at the runway. I could see the alpha hold short line when given the instructions to hold short of 35; so I released the brakes and started forward; looking for what I expected to be a hold short line closer to the runway. Just past the actual hold short line; we realized our error; stopped and told tower. They instructed us to hold our position. We were subsequently cleared for takeoff.the fault is mostly mine. I mentally dismissed the actual hold short line; expecting it to be closer to the runway; as it is on alpha. The only other thing that could have stopped this would have been for the tower; who knows intimately the layout of the airport; to use somewhat different terminology such as 'continue to hold short of papa' or something to that effect.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-700 flight crew inadvertently taxied past the Runway 35 hold short line. Confusion over the location of the hold short line on Taxiway Papa vice Alpha contributed to their error.

Narrative: We were told to taxi to Runway 35; via Alpha; hold short of Papa. At Papa; we contacted Tower and told them we were ready. Tower said to hold short of Runway 35. The Runway 35 hold short line on Papa is almost right at Alpha; while the 35 hold short at Alpha is at the runway. I could see the Alpha hold short line when given the instructions to hold short of 35; so I released the brakes and started forward; looking for what I expected to be a hold short line closer to the runway. Just past the actual hold short line; we realized our error; stopped and told Tower. They instructed us to hold our position. We were subsequently cleared for takeoff.The fault is mostly mine. I mentally dismissed the actual hold short line; expecting it to be closer to the runway; as it is on Alpha. The only other thing that could have stopped this would have been for the Tower; who knows intimately the layout of the airport; to use somewhat different terminology such as 'continue to hold short of Papa' or something to that effect.

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	1037007
Time
Date	201209
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MHT.Airport
State Reference	NH
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 140 Flight Crew Type 12000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 292
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Incursion Runway

A B737-700 flight crew inadvertently taxied past the runway 35 hold short line. Confusion over the location of the hold short line on taxiway papa vice alpha contributed to their error.