Pilot reported they were cleared to cross a runway with another aircraft on short final.

Attributes
ACN	1313391
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cirrus Aircraft Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 1800
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway
Miss Distance	Horizontal 1000 Vertical 300

Narrative:

My company president and I were taxiing out for an IFR departure to pick up a passenger. We were instructed to hold short of runway xx at taxiway C; which we did and then remained there for a few minutes. The airport was fairly busy on this night. The ground controller then instructed us to cross runway xx at (C); then (left) to runway xy. I was sitting in the right seat and reported the right side as clear. The pilot flying (a non-instrument rated private pilot) began to roll and then raised a question about an aircraft he observed approaching the airport. I looked left and spotted a cirrus on short final to runway xx. I immediately applied the brakes from my side and said; 'stop!' I alerted ground to the fact that we were instructed to cross a runway with landing traffic to which I received an apology. We were able to remain clear of the runway; though we may have moved inches beyond the hold short line; and the other aircraft landed uneventfully.I [later] observed a similar scenario with the same controller; now working tower; issuing a line up and wait instruction to another aircraft on runway xy with an airplane on short final. The controller caught the error and canceled the instruction; although the aircraft did cross the hold-short line by several inches.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reported they were cleared to cross a runway with another aircraft on short final.

Narrative: My company president and I were taxiing out for an IFR departure to pick up a passenger. We were instructed to hold short of Runway XX at taxiway C; which we did and then remained there for a few minutes. The airport was fairly busy on this night. The ground controller then instructed us to cross Runway XX at (C); then (L) to Runway XY. I was sitting in the right seat and reported the right side as clear. The pilot flying (a non-instrument rated private pilot) began to roll and then raised a question about an aircraft he observed approaching the airport. I looked left and spotted a Cirrus on short final to runway XX. I immediately applied the brakes from my side and said; 'Stop!' I alerted ground to the fact that we were instructed to cross a runway with landing traffic to which I received an apology. We were able to remain clear of the runway; though we may have moved inches beyond the hold short line; and the other aircraft landed uneventfully.I [later] observed a similar scenario with the same controller; now working tower; issuing a line up and wait instruction to another aircraft on Runway XY with an airplane on short final. The controller caught the error and canceled the instruction; although the aircraft did cross the hold-short line by several inches.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.