Narrative:

My student was sent on his first solo in a C172. At hailey friedman airport, upon completion of pretkof check, he notified tower that he was ready for takeoff. Tower instructed him to 'hold short' runway 13 for landing traffic. My student read back 'hold short' then he misunderstood 'hold short' as meaning 'position and hold' and began to taxi onto the runway. Tower, seeing him taxi onto the runway, repeated the instructions to hold short. Then he stopped on top of the hold short line. The landing aircraft landed and exited the runway well short of his location. The flight continued without incident. The main contributing factor to the runway incursion was the failure of the student to understand the clearance and his failure to query tower when he didn't understand added to the problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A STUDENT PLT ON HIS FIRST SOLO IN A C172 MISUNDERSTOOD TWR'S CLRNC TO 'HOLD SHORT' OF THE RWY TO MEAN 'HOLD IN POS' ON THE RWY.

Narrative: MY STUDENT WAS SENT ON HIS FIRST SOLO IN A C172. AT HAILEY FRIEDMAN ARPT, UPON COMPLETION OF PRETKOF CHK, HE NOTIFIED TWR THAT HE WAS READY FOR TKOF. TWR INSTRUCTED HIM TO 'HOLD SHORT' RWY 13 FOR LNDG TFC. MY STUDENT READ BACK 'HOLD SHORT' THEN HE MISUNDERSTOOD 'HOLD SHORT' AS MEANING 'POS AND HOLD' AND BEGAN TO TAXI ONTO THE RWY. TWR, SEEING HIM TAXI ONTO THE RWY, REPEATED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD SHORT. THEN HE STOPPED ON TOP OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THE LNDG ACFT LANDED AND EXITED THE RWY WELL SHORT OF HIS LOCATION. THE FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE RWY INCURSION WAS THE FAILURE OF THE STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND THE CLRNC AND HIS FAILURE TO QUERY TWR WHEN HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ADDED TO THE PROB.

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.