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Attributes | |
ACN | 164862 |
Time | |
Date | 199012 |
Day | Fri |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : ont |
State Reference | CA |
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 : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 7000 |
ASRS Report | 164862 |
Events | |
Anomaly | other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Airport |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Situations | |
Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Blue taxiway lights in combination with taxiway centerline reflectors that are not green. The reflectors are blue/green (more blue) leading to confusion on txwys because we are supposed to taxi on the bluish reflectors when blue for the taxiway perimeter. This is not ok for pilots, although it may be ok for far pt 139.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TXWY CENTERLINE REFLECTORS CAUSING CONFUSION DUE TO THE COLOR FAVORING BLUE.
Narrative: BLUE TXWY LIGHTS IN COMBINATION WITH TXWY CTRLINE REFLECTORS THAT ARE NOT GREEN. THE REFLECTORS ARE BLUE/GREEN (MORE BLUE) LEADING TO CONFUSION ON TXWYS BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAXI ON THE BLUISH REFLECTORS WHEN BLUE FOR THE TXWY PERIMETER. THIS IS NOT OK FOR PLTS, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE OK FOR FAR PT 139.
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.