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Attributes | |
ACN | 1756547 |
Time | |
Date | 202008 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | PDX.Airport |
State Reference | OR |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
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) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Type 100 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
We pushed off for eastbound taxi. Taxiway K to A4 is approved for our wingspan. However; the center stripe appears to put them extremely close to boundary stripes. Under the wrong weather conditions this possibly could result in damage to aircraft or facilities.repaint stripe or heavily advise caution if this route is taking. Also tell ground operations the aircraft must be pushed further back to exit K on V.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported the center stripe taxiing via K to A4 are too close to the boundary stripes and suggested they should be repainted.
Narrative: We pushed off for eastbound taxi. Taxiway K to A4 is approved for our wingspan. However; the center stripe appears to put them extremely close to boundary stripes. Under the wrong weather conditions this possibly could result in damage to aircraft or facilities.Repaint stripe or heavily advise caution if this route is taking. Also tell Ground Operations the aircraft must be pushed further back to exit K on V.
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.