Runway incursion as BE40 flight crew crosses the hold short line before stopping at sdm, ca.

Attributes
ACN	542130
Time
Date	200202
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sdm.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ege.tower
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Beechjet 400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	542130
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were taxiing to runway 26R at sdm and tower asked us if we would be ready for departure at the end. I replied we would not be. Tower then instructed us to taxi across a parallel taxiway but to hold short of runway 26R. This would prevent us from blocking the taxiway and allow another aircraft to depart before us. I read this back and then went back to setting up the navigation equipment. The captain then became confused and wrongly understood our clearance as a clearance to taxi across the runway in order to allow for the following aircraft to depart before us. While I called tower to verify our taxi instructions, the captain continued to taxi and stopped slightly past the hold short line for runway 26R. I pointed this out to him and he realized his mistake. The tip of the nose was 2-3 ft past the hold short line. Because it was such a slight breach of the hold short line (the tip of our nose), it went unnoticed as far as I know. The control tower didn't say anything. The captain should have stopped and not continued to taxi until I was through verifying our taxi clearance with ATC. It was very dark and therefore we should've been vigilant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY INCURSION AS BE40 FLC CROSSES THE HOLD SHORT LINE BEFORE STOPPING AT SDM, CA.

Narrative: WE WERE TAXIING TO RWY 26R AT SDM AND TWR ASKED US IF WE WOULD BE READY FOR DEP AT THE END. I REPLIED WE WOULD NOT BE. TWR THEN INSTRUCTED US TO TAXI ACROSS A PARALLEL TXWY BUT TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 26R. THIS WOULD PREVENT US FROM BLOCKING THE TXWY AND ALLOW ANOTHER ACFT TO DEPART BEFORE US. I READ THIS BACK AND THEN WENT BACK TO SETTING UP THE NAV EQUIP. THE CAPT THEN BECAME CONFUSED AND WRONGLY UNDERSTOOD OUR CLRNC AS A CLRNC TO TAXI ACROSS THE RWY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE FOLLOWING ACFT TO DEPART BEFORE US. WHILE I CALLED TWR TO VERIFY OUR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS, THE CAPT CONTINUED TO TAXI AND STOPPED SLIGHTLY PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 26R. I POINTED THIS OUT TO HIM AND HE REALIZED HIS MISTAKE. THE TIP OF THE NOSE WAS 2-3 FT PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE. BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SLIGHT BREACH OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE (THE TIP OF OUR NOSE), IT WENT UNNOTICED AS FAR AS I KNOW. THE CTL TWR DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. THE CAPT SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND NOT CONTINUED TO TAXI UNTIL I WAS THROUGH VERIFYING OUR TAXI CLRNC WITH ATC. IT WAS VERY DARK AND THEREFORE WE SHOULD'VE BEEN VIGILANT.

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.