<< >> NASA ASRS Report 116715, July 1989

Flight crew of medium large transport turned off runway missed turn onto taxiway a, tried to proceed onto ramp, met construction obstruction, called for tractor to back them back to proper taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	116715
Time
Date	198907
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mke
State Reference	WI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
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 : 180 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	116715
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	116868
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Landed milwaukee. Copilot landing. I took control for taxi off runway taxiway M. Told to turn right to taxi a, taxi to gate. Taxiway a is not marked at this location. Aircraft was taxied with nose past taxiway a. Prior to realizing aircraft was passing the taxiway, taxiway aa was blocked off. Taxiway M was too narrow to turn. I proceeded to ramp (approximately 500') to turn aircraft around. There was considerable construction in the ramp area and between taxiway aa and ramp. Upon reaching the ramp a turn or backing under aircraft power was in my opinion not advisable. We called for a tractor which came and backed us up on ramp. We then exited ramp on taxiway M, turned left on taxiway a (not marked) and taxied onto the ramp, embarrassed but without an incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF MLG TURNED OFF RWY MISSED TURN ONTO TXWY A, TRIED TO PROCEED ONTO RAMP, MET CONSTRUCTION OBSTRUCTION, CALLED FOR TRACTOR TO BACK THEM BACK TO PROPER TXWY.

Narrative: LANDED MILWAUKEE. COPLT LNDG. I TOOK CONTROL FOR TAXI OFF RWY TXWY M. TOLD TO TURN RIGHT TO TAXI A, TAXI TO GATE. TXWY A IS NOT MARKED AT THIS LOCATION. ACFT WAS TAXIED WITH NOSE PAST TXWY A. PRIOR TO REALIZING ACFT WAS PASSING THE TXWY, TXWY AA WAS BLOCKED OFF. TXWY M WAS TOO NARROW TO TURN. I PROCEEDED TO RAMP (APPROX 500') TO TURN ACFT AROUND. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE CONSTRUCTION IN THE RAMP AREA AND BETWEEN TXWY AA AND RAMP. UPON REACHING THE RAMP A TURN OR BACKING UNDER ACFT POWER WAS IN MY OPINION NOT ADVISABLE. WE CALLED FOR A TRACTOR WHICH CAME AND BACKED US UP ON RAMP. WE THEN EXITED RAMP ON TXWY M, TURNED LEFT ON TXWY A (NOT MARKED) AND TAXIED ONTO THE RAMP, EMBARRASSED BUT WITHOUT AN INCIDENT.

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.