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Beech 1900 flight crew overshot runway hold short line during taxi out because the lines were not visible through the snow covered taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 535843 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ipt.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi landing : hold short |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 535843 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
We were cleared to taxi to runway 27 for takeoff, but hold short. The taxiway was covered with snow and we accidentally crossed the hold short line, but not the runway when tower advised us to stop. We couldn't see the lines because of the snow covered taxiway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BEECH 1900 FLC OVERSHOT RWY HOLD SHORT LINE DURING TAXI OUT BECAUSE THE LINES WERE NOT VISIBLE THROUGH THE SNOW COVERED TXWY.
Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 27 FOR TKOF, BUT HOLD SHORT. THE TXWY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW AND WE ACCIDENTALLY CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE, BUT NOT THE RWY WHEN TWR ADVISED US TO STOP. WE COULDN'T SEE THE LINES BECAUSE OF THE SNOW COVERED TXWY.
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.