An air carrier large transport taxied onto a closed taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	278393
Time
Date	199407
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sav
State Reference	GA
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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 pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	278393
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	278319
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

After landing on runway 27 (wet), tried to turn off on taxiway E-1 -- speed would not permit. Tower advised to expedite traffic on final. Upon seeing the next taxiway (not on charts but closed and marked with a yellow X) turned off runway not seeing the 'X' until committed. Stopped aircraft on taxiway just before hitting a metal tower (low) on right side -- also a 4 ft ditch was between this taxiway and parallel. This was daylight and the taxiway closed sign was very hard to see. At night it would be worse. Need to show closed taxiway on airport diagram to warn pilots in advance. Also, should either remove taxiway or fill in ditch.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LGT TAXIED ONTO A CLOSED TXWY.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 27 (WET), TRIED TO TURN OFF ON TXWY E-1 -- SPD WOULD NOT PERMIT. TWR ADVISED TO EXPEDITE TFC ON FINAL. UPON SEEING THE NEXT TXWY (NOT ON CHARTS BUT CLOSED AND MARKED WITH A YELLOW X) TURNED OFF RWY NOT SEEING THE 'X' UNTIL COMMITTED. STOPPED ACFT ON TXWY JUST BEFORE HITTING A METAL TWR (LOW) ON R SIDE -- ALSO A 4 FT DITCH WAS BTWN THIS TXWY AND PARALLEL. THIS WAS DAYLIGHT AND THE TXWY CLOSED SIGN WAS VERY HARD TO SEE. AT NIGHT IT WOULD BE WORSE. NEED TO SHOW CLOSED TXWY ON ARPT DIAGRAM TO WARN PLTS IN ADVANCE. ALSO, SHOULD EITHER REMOVE TXWY OR FILL IN DITCH.

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.