A departing private plane encroached onto the runway at Honolulu International Airport on Thursday as a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Hilo was preparing to land, the Federal Aviation Administration said today.

The pilots of Hawaiian Airlines Flight 383 were half-a-mile from landing around 11:50 a.m. when they were instructed by an air traffic controller to fly down the runway, turn around and land safely after the Cessna 172 was out of the way, said FAA spokesman Mike Fergus.
“The violation was on the part of the 172 sticking its nose out on the runway,” Fergus said. The pilot of the Cessna crossed “the hold line on the taxi line. He got himself onto the runway partially while taxi-ing for departure. ... There was no immediate danger of collison.
FAA investigators will interview the Cessna pilot and review the pilot’s flying record before deciding any potential penalties, Fergus said, which could range from “just a good talking to, to revoking his license.”
“We take any runway incursion seriously,” Fergus said. “It wasn’t something to be blown off because it is a serious situation. But no safety envelope was violated. ”
Keoni Wagner, spokesman for Hawaiian Airlines, could not immediately find any report of the incident today.