At night, a B767 flight crew accidentally crosses runway hold line.

Attributes
ACN	575325
Time
Date	200303
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	other
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	575325
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After pushback from gate, instructed to taxi to runway 9R via taxiway P and taxiway Q. As traffic moved forward, we ended up behind a company B737 holding at taxiway Q, just short of the pad area. After being given several possible intervals, we were switched to tower. The B737 was cleared to runway 12 and we moved up on taxiway Q just short of the pad area. We were cleared to runway 9R and started a slow taxi to the runway. Ambient conditions were night VFR, with broken clouds and no moon. From our position, the taxi was diagonal across the pad area. Well short of either runway, I noted markings on the taxiway, and as I slowed to determine if they were ILS or runway hold short markings, the nose crossed the markings and the tower asked us to hold our position. There was an airplane on short final and I was moving slowly to not get to the runway before he landed. After the uneventful landing, tower cleared us onto runway 9R for takeoff with no further mention of the 'hold position' call. Separation was not lost on any airplane during this event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT NIGHT, A B767 FLT CREW ACCIDENTALLY CROSSES RWY HOLD LINE.

Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK FROM GATE, INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 9R VIA TXWY P AND TXWY Q. AS TFC MOVED FORWARD, WE ENDED UP BEHIND A COMPANY B737 HOLDING AT TXWY Q, JUST SHORT OF THE PAD AREA. AFTER BEING GIVEN SEVERAL POSSIBLE INTERVALS, WE WERE SWITCHED TO TWR. THE B737 WAS CLRED TO RWY 12 AND WE MOVED UP ON TXWY Q JUST SHORT OF THE PAD AREA. WE WERE CLRED TO RWY 9R AND STARTED A SLOW TAXI TO THE RWY. AMBIENT CONDITIONS WERE NIGHT VFR, WITH BROKEN CLOUDS AND NO MOON. FROM OUR POS, THE TAXI WAS DIAGONAL ACROSS THE PAD AREA. WELL SHORT OF EITHER RWY, I NOTED MARKINGS ON THE TXWY, AND AS I SLOWED TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE ILS OR RWY HOLD SHORT MARKINGS, THE NOSE CROSSED THE MARKINGS AND THE TWR ASKED US TO HOLD OUR POS. THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE ON SHORT FINAL AND I WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO NOT GET TO THE RWY BEFORE HE LANDED. AFTER THE UNEVENTFUL LNDG, TWR CLRED US ONTO RWY 9R FOR TKOF WITH NO FURTHER MENTION OF THE 'HOLD POS' CALL. SEPARATION WAS NOT LOST ON ANY AIRPLANE DURING THIS EVENT.

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.