A DC9 crew, taxiing for takeoff at oma, taxied past the hold short line.

Attributes
ACN	540903
Time
Date	200203
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oma.airport
State Reference	NE
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dca.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	540903
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft brakes inadvertently released and aircraft nose crossed hold short line while waiting for takeoff. Caused by inattention and distraction. Supplemental information from acn 540904: taxiing to takeoff the captain let the nose of the aircraft cross over the hold short line. There was no other traffic, and we advised tower of the crossover. Tower then cleared us into position for takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9 CREW, TAXIING FOR TKOF AT OMA, TAXIED PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE.

Narrative: ACFT BRAKES INADVERTENTLY RELEASED AND ACFT NOSE CROSSED HOLD SHORT LINE WHILE WAITING FOR TKOF. CAUSED BY INATTENTION AND DISTR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 540904: TAXIING TO TKOF THE CAPT LET THE NOSE OF THE ACFT CROSS OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC, AND WE ADVISED TWR OF THE CROSSOVER. TWR THEN CLRED US INTO POS FOR TKOF.

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.