Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23; Flight Crew Total 3550; Flight Crew Type 160
Situational Awareness; Confusion
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Runway
General None Reported / Taken
Airport; Human Factors
I was given instructions to taxi via taxiway E and hold short of Runway 17. I crossed the hold short line and stopped at what I thought was the hold short line about 50 to 75 ft. short of Runway 17. I knew I had to stop short and call tower; but I was focused on a past hold short line that had been painted black it appeared when I got there. The actual hold short line is about 100 ft. earlier and I must have thought it was the IFR hold short because it was an unusual distance from Runway 17. This taxiway is in poor condition; has a lot of grass growing up through it and the hold short yellow is very faded [and] also may have been a factor. I am new to this airport and had not used this taxiway before. I suggest killing the grass growing in the taxiway and fresh yellow paint on the hold short line. I will be more vigilant in the future.
Pilot reported a runway incursion after failing to recognize hold-short line.