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Reporter states that some taxiway lines at pdx have excellent reflective material, thus increasing visibility of taxiway in IMC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 100259 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198812 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pdx |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 195 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 100259 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
The new taxi line around construction and some of the other taxi lines at pdx have an excellent reflective material in them. They almost 'jump out' and say here is the route. Its been a number of years since I have been into pdx, but this new (to me at least) taxi line point should be a must at all foggy airports and preferred at all airports.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: REPORTER STATES THAT SOME TXWY LINES AT PDX HAVE EXCELLENT REFLECTIVE MATERIAL, THUS INCREASING VISIBILITY OF TXWY IN IMC.
Narrative: THE NEW TAXI LINE AROUND CONSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THE OTHER TAXI LINES AT PDX HAVE AN EXCELLENT REFLECTIVE MATERIAL IN THEM. THEY ALMOST 'JUMP OUT' AND SAY HERE IS THE ROUTE. ITS BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN INTO PDX, BUT THIS NEW (TO ME AT LEAST) TAXI LINE POINT SHOULD BE A MUST AT ALL FOGGY ARPTS AND PREFERRED AT ALL ARPTS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.