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Captain of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft believes that some runway and taxiway signs do not meet standards at a major airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 249721 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199308 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| 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 | Medium 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 : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 249721 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far 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:
Airport location signs in terminal area do not comply with united states airport sign system. Taxiway direction sign and runway exit sign do not use proper color to identify taxiway on which aircraft is located. Also direction sign or exit signs do not have arrow or proper color.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MLG ACR ACFT BELIEVES THAT SOME RWY AND TXWY SIGNS DO NOT MEET STANDARDS AT A MAJOR ARPT.
Narrative: ARPT LOCATION SIGNS IN TERMINAL AREA DO NOT COMPLY WITH UNITED STATES ARPT SIGN SYS. TXWY DIRECTION SIGN AND RWY EXIT SIGN DO NOT USE PROPER COLOR TO IDENT TXWY ON WHICH ACFT IS LOCATED. ALSO DIRECTION SIGN OR EXIT SIGNS DO NOT HAVE ARROW OR PROPER COLOR.
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.