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Large transport made transition from outer taxiway to inner taxiway at 'Q' instead of at 'C' as cleared.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 210583 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199205 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bos |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| 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 : 120 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 210583 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 211028 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
| Publication | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Ground had instructed our flight to cross runway 15R and taxi to gate via 'the outer, charlie, to the gate.' there was no mention made of additional taxiing aircraft in our vicinity. As we approached gate on the outer, we made a right turn onto the inner ramp at what we thought was taxiway C. After having referred to the airfield diagram in our manual. Ground informed us we had turned on taxiway quebec. There was no conflict with ground traffic. Note -- there was no taxiway marker present when approaching taxiway Q that could be viewed from our direction. The airfield diagram of bos has a 'C' clearly marked on what is correctly taxiway 'Q,' however, on very close inspection it refers to 'ramp C.' taxiway 'C' is marked on the airfield diagram but not where it specifically intersects the outer/inner transition. Supplemental information from acn 211028: I feel publisher should either move the label 'terminal C' or eliminate it, as it really isn't needed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter re-iterated that the taxiway signs and markings at the intersection of the outer and quebec are poor and do nothing to eliminate confusion. They face the terminal and cannot be seen from the outer. The chart he uses is custom tailored by the publisher for his airline. He might try to get his airline to have the charts changed to prevent confusion in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LGT MADE TRANSITION FROM OUTER TAXIWAY TO INNER TAXIWAY AT 'Q' INSTEAD OF AT 'C' AS CLRED.
Narrative: GND HAD INSTRUCTED OUR FLT TO CROSS RWY 15R AND TAXI TO GATE VIA 'THE OUTER, CHARLIE, TO THE GATE.' THERE WAS NO MENTION MADE OF ADDITIONAL TAXIING ACFT IN OUR VICINITY. AS WE APCHED GATE ON THE OUTER, WE MADE A R TURN ONTO THE INNER RAMP AT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS TAXIWAY C. AFTER HAVING REFERRED TO THE AIRFIELD DIAGRAM IN OUR MANUAL. GND INFORMED US WE HAD TURNED ON TAXIWAY QUEBEC. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT WITH GND TFC. NOTE -- THERE WAS NO TAXIWAY MARKER PRESENT WHEN APCHING TAXIWAY Q THAT COULD BE VIEWED FROM OUR DIRECTION. THE AIRFIELD DIAGRAM OF BOS HAS A 'C' CLRLY MARKED ON WHAT IS CORRECTLY TAXIWAY 'Q,' HOWEVER, ON VERY CLOSE INSPECTION IT REFERS TO 'RAMP C.' TAXIWAY 'C' IS MARKED ON THE AIRFIELD DIAGRAM BUT NOT WHERE IT SPECIFICALLY INTERSECTS THE OUTER/INNER TRANSITION. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 211028: I FEEL PUBLISHER SHOULD EITHER MOVE THE LABEL 'TERMINAL C' OR ELIMINATE IT, AS IT REALLY ISN'T NEEDED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR RE-ITERATED THAT THE TAXIWAY SIGNS AND MARKINGS AT THE INTXN OF THE OUTER AND QUEBEC ARE POOR AND DO NOTHING TO ELIMINATE CONFUSION. THEY FACE THE TERMINAL AND CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE OUTER. THE CHART HE USES IS CUSTOM TAILORED BY THE PUBLISHER FOR HIS AIRLINE. HE MIGHT TRY TO GET HIS AIRLINE TO HAVE THE CHARTS CHANGED TO PREVENT CONFUSION IN THE FUTURE.
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.