Air carrier taxis past hold line. Stops short of runway.

Attributes
ACN	163733
Time
Date	199011
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dtw
State Reference	MI
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	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : holding 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 : 250 flight time total : 25000
ASRS Report	163733
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 3000
ASRS Report	163732
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taxiing out to runway 21C, apparently thinking and looking at runway 21L. Xed hold short line for runway 21C. First officer said something and we stopped. Did not enter runway. Advised ground control and they said to contact tower and hold short. Contacted tower after aircraft on final landed, cleared across runway 21C to runway 21L and cleared for takeoff. Could have been prevented with better markings, no sign seen, and clrer thinking on my part. This type of occurrence is still with us because of inadequate markings of peculiar phraseology from airport to airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TAXIS PAST HOLD LINE. STOPS SHORT OF RWY.

Narrative: TAXIING OUT TO RWY 21C, APPARENTLY THINKING AND LOOKING AT RWY 21L. XED HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 21C. F/O SAID SOMETHING AND WE STOPPED. DID NOT ENTER RWY. ADVISED GND CTL AND THEY SAID TO CONTACT TWR AND HOLD SHORT. CONTACTED TWR AFTER ACFT ON FINAL LANDED, CLRED ACROSS RWY 21C TO RWY 21L AND CLRED FOR TKOF. COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH BETTER MARKINGS, NO SIGN SEEN, AND CLRER THINKING ON MY PART. THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE IS STILL WITH US BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE MARKINGS OF PECULIAR PHRASEOLOGY FROM ARPT TO ARPT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.