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Flight instructor and student reported experiencing confusion with instructions from ATC and crossed past the hold short line without clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1756441 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR20 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 203 Flight Crew Total 1405 Flight Crew Type 830 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Trainee Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4 Flight Crew Total 17422 Flight Crew Type 11 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
I was giving aircraft familiarization training to a new owner in his aircraft. We were taxiing from the FBO to runway xx. Per taxi instructions given by ground we were to taxi south on taxiway xx and hold short of taxiway xy. Upon reaching taxiway xy; tower instructed us to hold short of runway xx. We then proceeded across the hold short line at taxiway xy to cross the under-construction runway expecting to see an additional hold short line at the actual active runway. As soon as we realized that we had crossed the only hold short line we immediately stopped and contacted tower asking for further instruction. The other single engine aircraft on final was instructed to go around and we were given a takeoff clearance after receiving a phone number to contact from tower.we did listen to the ATIS during our run-up and discussed the possibility of 'non-standard' hold short lines. In hindsight; we should not have crossed the hold short lines at taxiway xy without being 100% certain that we were authorized to do so. Knowing that the main runway at ZZZ was under-construction we should have been exercising extreme caution to avoid this type of situation. I think the main contributing factors to this occurrence was the unusual taxi and airport environments due to the construction. I have not seen a hold short line as far from the active runway as it is at ZZZ. Another confusing factor was the change in instruction/language between the ground controller and tower controller. Ground instructed us to hold short of taxiway xy which was in essence the correct spot to hold for the active runway. When switching to tower we were instructed to hold short of runway xx. This made us believe we were to proceed to a different location. Of course; both of us as experienced pilots should have caught this and the blame falls solely on us. I understand the importance of safety of ground operations and will use this as a valuable lesson in my personal flying as well as when instructing in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Instructor and Student reported experiencing confusion with instructions from ATC and crossed past the hold short line without clearance.
Narrative: I was giving aircraft familiarization training to a new owner in his aircraft. We were taxiing from the FBO to Runway XX. Per taxi instructions given by Ground we were to taxi south on Taxiway XX and hold short of Taxiway XY. Upon reaching Taxiway XY; Tower instructed us to hold short of Runway XX. We then proceeded across the hold short line at Taxiway XY to cross the under-construction runway expecting to see an additional hold short line at the actual active runway. As soon as we realized that we had crossed the only hold short line we immediately stopped and contacted Tower asking for further instruction. The other single engine aircraft on final was instructed to go around and we were given a takeoff clearance after receiving a phone number to contact from Tower.We did listen to the ATIS during our run-up and discussed the possibility of 'non-standard' hold short lines. In hindsight; we should not have crossed the hold short lines at Taxiway XY without being 100% certain that we were authorized to do so. Knowing that the main runway at ZZZ was under-construction we should have been exercising extreme caution to avoid this type of situation. I think the main contributing factors to this occurrence was the unusual taxi and airport environments due to the construction. I have not seen a hold short line as far from the active runway as it is at ZZZ. Another confusing factor was the change in instruction/language between the Ground Controller and Tower Controller. Ground instructed us to hold short of Taxiway XY which was in essence the correct spot to hold for the active runway. When switching to Tower we were instructed to hold short of Runway XX. This made us believe we were to proceed to a different location. Of course; both of us as experienced pilots should have caught this and the blame falls solely on us. I understand the importance of safety of ground operations and will use this as a valuable lesson in my personal flying as well as when instructing in the future.
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.