Narrative:

Event: runway incursion of runway 23L at cle on dec/xa/00. On dec/xa/00, I was operating as PIC in a scheduled commuter out of cleveland, oh. I am a check airman for this commuter operator and today was the last day of a 2 day trip and 6 days (not consecutive) of IOE. The student I was with was a captain upgrade, with 1000 hours as right seat pilot in this saab 340A. The student had been doing rather well up to this point, when during our taxi checklist the aircraft crossed the hold short line of runway 23L. The student admitted to understanding the clearance and my readback of the same, but in performing a certain part of the taxi check, both captain's and first officer's attention needed to be diverted from the exterior of the airplane to interior instruments momentarily. As I looked up to check progress of taxi, I noticed the front of the aircraft had crossed the hold short line. Brakes were applied immediately and the aircraft rested 1/2 way across the hold line. No action was taken to taxi clear of hold line as aircraft were behind us. As the check airman and PIC of the aircraft, I feel as though I should have paid extra close attention to my student's taxi progress as we neared the hold short line, and not take for granted the student's prior abilities and demonstration of command. A second factor would be the timing of the particular engine test function that required both of our attention inside the cockpit. In retrospect, I would have liked to be stopped to perform this function of our taxi checklist. The third and final factor would be the confusion with an unfamiliar airport that I sensed from my student. Although we had been to cleveland 2 other occasions during our IOE training, this day was particularly busy to a somewhat confusing intersection of runways at cle. Our clearance was to taxi from the terminal to runway 23R, via taxiway U and runway 28, hold short runway 23L. I read this clearance to the student. He read it back to me and seemed to understand until he held short of runway 28. I explained the clearance again and the course to be taken, but he still seemed somewhat apprehensive amidst the early morning rush of traffic. From there, we taxied down runway 28 but missed the hold line drawn on runway 28 while performing our checklist.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SF34 CREW TAXIED PAST THE HOLD LINE DURING TAXI FOR TKOF.

Narrative: EVENT: RWY INCURSION OF RWY 23L AT CLE ON DEC/XA/00. ON DEC/XA/00, I WAS OPERATING AS PIC IN A SCHEDULED COMMUTER OUT OF CLEVELAND, OH. I AM A CHK AIRMAN FOR THIS COMMUTER OPERATOR AND TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF A 2 DAY TRIP AND 6 DAYS (NOT CONSECUTIVE) OF IOE. THE STUDENT I WAS WITH WAS A CAPT UPGRADE, WITH 1000 HRS AS R SEAT PLT IN THIS SAAB 340A. THE STUDENT HAD BEEN DOING RATHER WELL UP TO THIS POINT, WHEN DURING OUR TAXI CHKLIST THE ACFT CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF RWY 23L. THE STUDENT ADMITTED TO UNDERSTANDING THE CLRNC AND MY READBACK OF THE SAME, BUT IN PERFORMING A CERTAIN PART OF THE TAXI CHK, BOTH CAPT'S AND FO'S ATTN NEEDED TO BE DIVERTED FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE AIRPLANE TO INTERIOR INSTS MOMENTARILY. AS I LOOKED UP TO CHK PROGRESS OF TAXI, I NOTICED THE FRONT OF THE ACFT HAD CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE. BRAKES WERE APPLIED IMMEDIATELY AND THE ACFT RESTED 1/2 WAY ACROSS THE HOLD LINE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN TO TAXI CLR OF HOLD LINE AS ACFT WERE BEHIND US. AS THE CHK AIRMAN AND PIC OF THE ACFT, I FEEL AS THOUGH I SHOULD HAVE PAID EXTRA CLOSE ATTN TO MY STUDENT'S TAXI PROGRESS AS WE NEARED THE HOLD SHORT LINE, AND NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THE STUDENT'S PRIOR ABILITIES AND DEMONSTRATION OF COMMAND. A SECOND FACTOR WOULD BE THE TIMING OF THE PARTICULAR ENG TEST FUNCTION THAT REQUIRED BOTH OF OUR ATTN INSIDE THE COCKPIT. IN RETROSPECT, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE STOPPED TO PERFORM THIS FUNCTION OF OUR TAXI CHKLIST. THE THIRD AND FINAL FACTOR WOULD BE THE CONFUSION WITH AN UNFAMILIAR ARPT THAT I SENSED FROM MY STUDENT. ALTHOUGH WE HAD BEEN TO CLEVELAND 2 OTHER OCCASIONS DURING OUR IOE TRAINING, THIS DAY WAS PARTICULARLY BUSY TO A SOMEWHAT CONFUSING INTXN OF RWYS AT CLE. OUR CLRNC WAS TO TAXI FROM THE TERMINAL TO RWY 23R, VIA TXWY U AND RWY 28, HOLD SHORT RWY 23L. I READ THIS CLRNC TO THE STUDENT. HE READ IT BACK TO ME AND SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND UNTIL HE HELD SHORT OF RWY 28. I EXPLAINED THE CLRNC AGAIN AND THE COURSE TO BE TAKEN, BUT HE STILL SEEMED SOMEWHAT APPREHENSIVE AMIDST THE EARLY MORNING RUSH OF TFC. FROM THERE, WE TAXIED DOWN RWY 28 BUT MISSED THE HOLD LINE DRAWN ON RWY 28 WHILE PERFORMING OUR CHKLIST.

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.