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An air carrier large transport freighter nearly missed a taxiway runway intersection as there was no marking sign.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 233340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199302 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| 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 : 42 flight time total : 8600 |
| ASRS Report | 233340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance 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:
We landed on 21 right at kdtw. We exited the runway at the first highspd turnoff, switched to ground, and were directed to taxi to the company freight ramp via runway 27 and taxiway fox. After turning left on runway 27, I almost missed taxiway fox due to no identifying sign. I can't believe this is still unmarked after so much money has been spent on improving dtw. The ground controller replied, when I asked him if there was a sign which I may have missed, 'gee, everyone seems to know where to go when we give them taxi directions.' anyway, please mark all txwys. It's easy to understand how another air carrier got lost in the fog there.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR LGT FREIGHTER NEARLY MISSED A TXWY RWY INTXN AS THERE WAS NO MARKING SIGN.
Narrative: WE LANDED ON 21 R AT KDTW. WE EXITED THE RWY AT THE FIRST HIGHSPD TURNOFF, SWITCHED TO GND, AND WERE DIRECTED TO TAXI TO THE COMPANY FREIGHT RAMP VIA RWY 27 AND TXWY FOX. AFTER TURNING L ON RWY 27, I ALMOST MISSED TXWY FOX DUE TO NO IDENTIFYING SIGN. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS STILL UNMARKED AFTER SO MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON IMPROVING DTW. THE GND CTLR REPLIED, WHEN I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS A SIGN WHICH I MAY HAVE MISSED, 'GEE, EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHERE TO GO WHEN WE GIVE THEM TAXI DIRECTIONS.' ANYWAY, PLEASE MARK ALL TXWYS. IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW ANOTHER ACR GOT LOST IN THE FOG THERE.
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.