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Air carrier flight crew reported being notified of a taxiway excursion after a long duty day.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1506316 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LIT.Airport |
| State Reference | AR |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Ground Excursion Taxiway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Upon arrival; [the] airport was experiencing rapid and severe weather disruptions. Moderate turbulence; extremely high winds at low altitude; and rapidly changing wind direction and speed. We changed intended landing runway 4 times in the airport traffic pattern; were radar vectored at 5000 ft for approximately 30 minutes before vectors to final. On final approach; we noted a 70 knot tailwind at approximately 3000 ft and a 27 knot tailwind/crosswind on final at approximately 1500 ft. Winds and aircraft buffeting did not improve so a go around was commanded. We decided to divert to lit because of the rapidly deteriorating conditions at [other alternates]. Landing at lit was uneventful. Taxiing at lit is extremely difficult due to poor lighting; extremely narrow taxiways; extremely narrow taxiway fillets; and wet surface conditions. We were given a very long and circuitous taxi routing due to poorly or inadequately stressed taxiways. Including several greater than 90 degree turns on narrow taxiways with little or no fillets.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier flight crew reported being notified of a taxiway excursion after a long duty day.
Narrative: Upon arrival; [the] airport was experiencing rapid and severe weather disruptions. Moderate turbulence; extremely high winds at low altitude; and rapidly changing wind direction and speed. We changed intended landing runway 4 times in the airport traffic pattern; were radar vectored at 5000 ft for approximately 30 minutes before vectors to final. On final approach; we noted a 70 knot tailwind at approximately 3000 ft and a 27 knot tailwind/crosswind on final at approximately 1500 ft. Winds and aircraft buffeting did not improve so a go around was commanded. We decided to divert to LIT because of the rapidly deteriorating conditions at [other alternates]. Landing at LIT was uneventful. Taxiing at LIT is extremely difficult due to poor lighting; extremely narrow taxiways; extremely narrow taxiway fillets; and wet surface conditions. We were given a very long and circuitous taxi routing due to poorly or inadequately stressed taxiways. Including several greater than 90 degree turns on narrow taxiways with little or no fillets.
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.