Sat ground controller and air carrier flight crew reported an aircraft crossed the hold short lines ...

Attributes
ACN	1527758
Time
Date	201803
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SAT.Tower
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Developmental
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 3800 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

On ground control; I issued taxi instructions to aircraft X to taxi to runway 04 via taxiway november. Told aircraft X to cross runway 13L and to hold short of runway 13R on november. Aircraft X read it back correctly. Aircraft Y was on final approach to runway 13R. Aircraft X did not stop at the hold short lines and told him to stop and that he was supposed to hold short of runway 13R. He said he was holding short of 13R; but he was clearly past the hold short markings. Aircraft Y was told to go-around. San antonio is having all these runway incursions because the airport and facility do not have equipment that could be a benefit. 'Wig-wag' lights at every intersection indicating to the pilot that he is approaching an active runway. Asde to help the controllers see for sure when an aircraft is taxiing across a runway that they should be holding short of. If this event (like many of the recent runway incursions at san antonio) had happened when the visibility was such that we could not see the taxiways at the airport; there would have been an aircraft accident at the intersection of runway 13R and november. How many times does this event need to happen before the FAA brings available equipment to controllers that are in desperate need of it?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SAT Ground Controller and air carrier flight crew reported an aircraft crossed the hold short lines resulting in a go-around for an aircraft on final.

Narrative: On ground control; I issued taxi instructions to Aircraft X to taxi to runway 04 via taxiway November. Told Aircraft X to cross runway 13L and to hold short of runway 13R on November. Aircraft X read it back correctly. Aircraft Y was on final approach to runway 13R. Aircraft X did not stop at the hold short lines and told him to stop and that he was supposed to hold short of runway 13R. He said he was holding short of 13R; but he was clearly past the hold short markings. Aircraft Y was told to go-around. San Antonio is having all these runway incursions because the airport and facility do not have equipment that could be a benefit. 'Wig-Wag' lights at EVERY intersection indicating to the pilot that he is approaching an active runway. ASDE to help the controllers see for sure when an aircraft is taxiing across a runway that they should be holding short of. If this event (like many of the recent runway incursions at San Antonio) had happened when the visibility was such that we could not see the taxiways at the airport; there would have been an aircraft accident at the intersection of runway 13R and November. How many times does this event need to happen before the FAA brings available equipment to controllers that are in desperate need of it?

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.

Sat ground controller and air carrier flight crew reported an aircraft crossed the hold short lines resulting in a go-around for an aircraft on final.