Student pilot taxied past taxi hold line but held short of runway.

Attributes
ACN	113076
Time
Date	198906
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hvn
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4150 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	113076
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

1) ground told us to taxi, hold short of crossing runway. 2) student taxied over hold line, stopped one aircraft length beyond hold line for crossing runway. 3) no traffic on crossing runway. 4) hold line almost invisible due to conditions (wet surface) and condition of paint of hold line.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STUDENT PLT TAXIED PAST TAXI HOLD LINE BUT HELD SHORT OF RWY.

Narrative: 1) GND TOLD US TO TAXI, HOLD SHORT OF XING RWY. 2) STUDENT TAXIED OVER HOLD LINE, STOPPED ONE ACFT LENGTH BEYOND HOLD LINE FOR XING RWY. 3) NO TFC ON XING RWY. 4) HOLD LINE ALMOST INVISIBLE DUE TO CONDITIONS (WET SURFACE) AND CONDITION OF PAINT OF HOLD LINE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.