RV-7
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 5000; Flight Crew Type 5000
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Runway
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors
I was cleared to taxi to active runway. While taxiing I looked at my checklist and went beyond the hold short line. When I looked up I saw what I had done and stopped short of the runway.
RV-7 pilot reports being distracted by a checklist during taxi to the active runway and crosses the hold line without clearance.