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Flight crew of medium large transport after waiting one hour for clearance to gate received clearance. Taxied on concrete instead of taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 148875 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199006 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| 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 : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 148875 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 4400 |
| ASRS Report | 149035 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
We were waiting on a taxiway abeam the 'alleyway' that leads to our gate. We thought after about 1 hour of waiting, we were cleared to taxi to our gate. We thought we were holding short of the taxiway that leads to the gate and that all we would have to do is make a left turn to proceed down the alleyway. When cleared to taxi to the gate, we made the left turn and after already committed, ground informed us that we were not on a taxiway. We were on concrete, and did not run over anything. Conditions that led to this were end of a long day, poor lighting, inadequate taxi markings, night time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF MLG AFTER WAITING ONE HOUR FOR CLRNC TO GATE RECEIVED CLRNC. TAXIED ON CONCRETE INSTEAD OF TXWY.
Narrative: WE WERE WAITING ON A TXWY ABEAM THE 'ALLEYWAY' THAT LEADS TO OUR GATE. WE THOUGHT AFTER ABOUT 1 HR OF WAITING, WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO OUR GATE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE HOLDING SHORT OF THE TXWY THAT LEADS TO THE GATE AND THAT ALL WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS MAKE A L TURN TO PROCEED DOWN THE ALLEYWAY. WHEN CLRED TO TAXI TO THE GATE, WE MADE THE L TURN AND AFTER ALREADY COMMITTED, GND INFORMED US THAT WE WERE NOT ON A TXWY. WE WERE ON CONCRETE, AND DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING. CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THIS WERE END OF A LONG DAY, POOR LIGHTING, INADEQUATE TAXI MARKINGS, NIGHT TIME.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.