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Air carrier captain reported an anomaly in the notams depicting an area of taxiway construction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1570076 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RFD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
I was the PF (pilot flying). We landed on runway 7 in rfd. Taxiway F was notamed closed between 250 feet west of taxiway a and taxiway B. I missed the left turn off at taxiway G. Taxiway a was closed and we were given taxi instructions to back taxi on runway 19 and turn left on taxiway F and taxi to parking. It was dawn but a little dark. Numerous lights on the taxiway F barricades were out. Once I noticed that they were there; I stopped the aircraft. ATC had assumed that we had been there and knew that we were supposed to taxi onto taxiway B; pass through part of the passenger terminal ramp; then rejoin taxiway F. Ground control called ground support crew in rfd and they came over and pushed us back with a tug. We discussed the idea of trying to make a hard right 120 degree turn to head back on to taxiway B but decided against it because of the threat of running over taxiway lights.taxiway F was displaced by 125 feet to the north in the notams. That is not very clear. I should have looked at the notams more closely and questioned it. ATC should give taxi instructions instead of publishing a vague NOTAM. There were no signs depicting where the temporary taxiway F was. I have become too reliant on the amm (airport moving map) taxi view and the taxiway closures that are depicted in our jepps.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported an anomaly in the NOTAMs depicting an area of taxiway construction.
Narrative: I was the PF (pilot flying). We landed on Runway 7 in RFD. Taxiway F was NOTAMed closed between 250 feet west of Taxiway A and Taxiway B. I missed the left turn off at Taxiway G. Taxiway A was closed and we were given taxi instructions to back taxi on Runway 19 and turn left on Taxiway F and taxi to parking. It was dawn but a little dark. Numerous lights on the Taxiway F barricades were out. Once I noticed that they were there; I stopped the aircraft. ATC had assumed that we had been there and knew that we were supposed to taxi onto Taxiway B; pass through part of the passenger terminal ramp; then rejoin Taxiway F. Ground Control called ground support crew in RFD and they came over and pushed us back with a tug. We discussed the idea of trying to make a hard right 120 degree turn to head back on to Taxiway B but decided against it because of the threat of running over taxiway lights.Taxiway F was displaced by 125 feet to the north in the NOTAMs. That is not very clear. I should have looked at the NOTAMs more closely and questioned it. ATC should give taxi instructions instead of publishing a vague NOTAM. There were no signs depicting where the temporary Taxiway F was. I have become too reliant on the AMM (Airport Moving Map) taxi view and the taxiway closures that are depicted in our Jepps.
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.