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MD80 crew is confused by location of new hold short line at mfe and crosses before realizing that old hold line has been painted over.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 736881 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mfe.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 736881 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 736880 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Cleared by mfe ground to taxi to runway 13. Nearing takeoff end of runway 13 saw what appeared to be an ILS hold short line on the parallel taxiway and what appeared to be the runway hold short line perpendicular to the departure end in normal hold short position. As I passed over the first hold short line it now appeared that the second hold short line had been painted over. I stopped the aircraft to query tower. Mfe tower cleared us for takeoff and informed us that we had taxied past the hold short. We acknowledged the error and departed without further incident. The departure end of runway 13 at mfe is poorly marked and is conducive to misinterpretation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 CREW IS CONFUSED BY LOCATION OF NEW HOLD SHORT LINE AT MFE AND CROSSES BEFORE REALIZING THAT OLD HOLD LINE HAS BEEN PAINTED OVER.
Narrative: CLRED BY MFE GND TO TAXI TO RWY 13. NEARING TKOF END OF RWY 13 SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ILS HOLD SHORT LINE ON THE PARALLEL TXWY AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE RWY HOLD SHORT LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DEP END IN NORMAL HOLD SHORT POSITION. AS I PASSED OVER THE FIRST HOLD SHORT LINE IT NOW APPEARED THAT THE SECOND HOLD SHORT LINE HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER. I STOPPED THE ACFT TO QUERY TWR. MFE TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF AND INFORMED US THAT WE HAD TAXIED PAST THE HOLD SHORT. WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE ERROR AND DEPARTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE DEP END OF RWY 13 AT MFE IS POORLY MARKED AND IS CONDUCIVE TO MISINTERPRETATION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.