Narrative:

Found an error on the jeppesen chart for psp [tailored company page xx-0-2]. We were landing on runway 31L as the sun was just slipping below the mountains to the west of the airport; it was VMC. With the shadows and the last bit of sunlight hitting us in the face; it was hard to see the edges for the runways. When landing runway 31L at psp; there is no ILS and no straight in approach because of the mountains to the east; so the RNAV visual brings you in at an angle. The first officer was flying and it was very easy to see the airport and the papis to both runways. With the shadows from the setting sun; taxiway C looked a lot like a runway; not a taxiway (in the past it was; in fact; used as a runway while work was being done to 31L). He started to line up on the taxiway; and [I] was easily able to direct him to the left to line up on 31L. He mentioned; however that he lined up on the taxiway because during the brief as he went through the jeppesen chart; it said that there would be vasis on the left; and he initially lined up to put the vasis on his left; thus lining up on the taxiway. The PAPI's; actually; are on the right of 31L; not the left. It does say that correctly on page yy-21; page 10-9A; and page xx-04. The reason for the report is that we were easily able to correct at a safe altitude; but the first officer did have a moment of confusion and the one page that he had up to help him; had the wrong information on it! Before someone actually does land on the taxiway; please have jeppesen page xx-0-2 fixed to show that runway 31L actually has a PAPI on the right; not a VASI on the left.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported that one of the Company Tailored Jeppesen charts for Runway 31L at PSP erroneously indicates that there are VASI lights to the left of the runway which may lead to Taxiway C being mistaken as a runway.

Narrative: Found an error on the Jeppesen Chart for PSP [Tailored Company Page XX-0-2]. We were landing on RWY 31L as the sun was just slipping below the mountains to the west of the airport; it was VMC. With the shadows and the last bit of sunlight hitting us in the face; it was hard to see the edges for the runways. When landing RWY 31L at PSP; there is no ILS and no straight in approach because of the mountains to the east; so the RNAV Visual brings you in at an angle. The First Officer was flying and it was very easy to see the airport and the PAPIs to both runways. With the shadows from the setting sun; Taxiway C looked a lot like a runway; not a taxiway (in the past it was; in fact; used as a runway while work was being done to 31L). He started to line up on the taxiway; and [I] was easily able to direct him to the left to line up on 31L. He mentioned; however that he lined up on the taxiway because during the brief as he went through the Jeppesen chart; it said that there would be VASIs on the left; and he initially lined up to put the VASIs on his left; thus lining up on the taxiway. The PAPI's; actually; are on the right of 31L; not the left. It does say that correctly on page YY-21; page 10-9A; and page XX-04. The reason for the report is that we were easily able to correct at a safe altitude; but the First Officer did have a moment of confusion and the one page that he had up to help him; had the wrong information on it! Before someone actually does land on the taxiway; please have Jeppesen page XX-0-2 fixed to show that RWY 31L actually has a PAPI on the right; not a VASI on the left.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.