Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Ground Incursion Runway
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
We landed [Runway] 28R at SFO at the dark side of dusk. Exited onto Taxiway T and were instructed to hold short of [Runway] 28L. The taxi lights on Taxiway T were bright and they reduced clarity of the taxi area and the hold short line was not illuminated. We saw neither side amber stop lights nor yellow sequencing hold lights indicating the location of the hold short line/bar. I was taxing slowly and was very cautious as per the notes on the airport page. There were no taxi edge lights or runway edge lights illuminated either. I did stop but ended up with 2/3 of the aircraft past the hold short line; well clear and short of [Runway] 28L. We called Tower and informed them of our position.The hold short line lights on Taxiway T for [Runway] 28R were not illuminated. No lights; sequencing lights; nothing to properly indicate the hold short line/bar location at dusk the taxiway t lights so bright they further reduced visual awareness. The airport page also did not show the location of the hold short line or if it was light.[They need to] illuminate the hold short line properly and put the location of the hold short bar on airport page.
We had a runway incursion in SFO on [runways] 28R/L off of Taxiway T. This was my first flight into SFO. The Captain and I briefed numerous times on the hotspots and taxi speeds; plus the general layout of SFO operations with company pages. Our approach was uneventful to [Runway] 28R. Upon touchdown and at safe taxi speed the Captain was going to exit before Taxiway T but there was on aircraft on it. Tower informed us to then proceed to Taxiway T and hold short of [Runway] 28L; at this time the Captain is taxiing at a slow rate of speed as the aircraft exits [Runway] 28R onto [Taxiway] T. As we began to taxi on [Taxiway] T I noticed the edge lights were not on; just the bright centerline lights. As we continued to taxi on [Taxiway] T the Captain and I were looking for the hold short line for [Runway] 28L. I began to notice the left runway and told the Captain that [Runway] 28L is in front of us and to hold short. We continued searching for hold short bars/line. At this point I felt we may have passed it and queried Tower. While we were stopped on [Taxiway] T we continued to search for hold short bars; lines; lights!! We couldn't identify anything that looked like hold short lines for [Runway] 28L. The hold short lights/bars were not on; the taxi edge lights were off and the runways lights for [Runway] 28L were off. Basically the only lights on were the centerline lights to exit the [Runway] 28R and were very bright to the point of not being able to identify things. If hold short lines/bars are installed; turn them on. If not installed; install them and require airport pages to depict where hold shorts are for runways with close proximity.
After a dusk landing; an Air Carrier flight crew; unfamiliar with SFO; exited Runway 28R at Tango and were cleared to hold short of Runway 28L; a common clearance due to the proximity of the two runways. When neither pilot observed the closely spaced 28L/R hold short lines they continued to taxi beyond the line and only held short when the First Officer saw the left runway and alerted the Captain. The reporters cited the lack of lighting on the hold short lines; the fact the runway lights for 28L were not illuminated and the lack of depiction of hold short lines on airport charts as contributing factors.