Flight crew of large transport taxied past hold line, tower controller intervened.

Attributes
ACN	117266
Time
Date	198907
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	117266
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

The aircraft was stopped with the nose of the aircraft over the runway 4L boundary. Ground control cleared us to continue to taxi and now hold short of 4R (the departure runway). There was an aircraft on a 2 1/2 mi final for runway 4L. The clearance originally was to taxi to 4R via the inner, bravo and hold short first officer 4L. To get to runway 4R, bravo crosses runway extensions of 9 and 4L. Both runways are very close together at this point (note diagram). The bravo taxiway after the hold short line is one long black pavement with no additional stoplines nor are the yellow arrows painted where the bravo taxiway crosses those runways, making it difficult to determine when you are crossing the 9/4L runways. This occurred at XA40 local time after pickup at the hotel XB00 with no breakfast available. The sun was low on the horizon and the hold short line is not where you expect it to be located (a considerable distance from the runway intxns). I recommend a red hold short sign be installed on both sides of the hold short lien with flashing yellow lights so attention can be drawn to the sig and line. The yellow arrows on the runway be painted to include the area where the bravo taxiway crosses the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF LGT TAXIED PAST HOLD LINE, TWR CTLR INTERVENED.

Narrative: THE ACFT WAS STOPPED WITH THE NOSE OF THE ACFT OVER THE RWY 4L BOUNDARY. GND CTL CLRED US TO CONTINUE TO TAXI AND NOW HOLD SHORT OF 4R (THE DEP RWY). THERE WAS AN ACFT ON A 2 1/2 MI FINAL FOR RWY 4L. THE CLRNC ORIGINALLY WAS TO TAXI TO 4R VIA THE INNER, BRAVO AND HOLD SHORT FO 4L. TO GET TO RWY 4R, BRAVO CROSSES RWY EXTENSIONS OF 9 AND 4L. BOTH RWYS ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER AT THIS POINT (NOTE DIAGRAM). THE BRAVO TXWY AFTER THE HOLD SHORT LINE IS ONE LONG BLACK PAVEMENT WITH NO ADDITIONAL STOPLINES NOR ARE THE YELLOW ARROWS PAINTED WHERE THE BRAVO TXWY CROSSES THOSE RWYS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHEN YOU ARE XING THE 9/4L RWYS. THIS OCCURRED AT XA40 LOCAL TIME AFTER PICKUP AT THE HOTEL XB00 WITH NO BREAKFAST AVAILABLE. THE SUN WAS LOW ON THE HORIZON AND THE HOLD SHORT LINE IS NOT WHERE YOU EXPECT IT TO BE LOCATED (A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM THE RWY INTXNS). I RECOMMEND A RED HOLD SHORT SIGN BE INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOLD SHORT LIEN WITH FLASHING YELLOW LIGHTS SO ATTN CAN BE DRAWN TO THE SIG AND LINE. THE YELLOW ARROWS ON THE RWY BE PAINTED TO INCLUDE THE AREA WHERE THE BRAVO TXWY CROSSES THE RWY.

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.