Captain of widebody transport hit taxiway lights when turning on to taxiway after landing.

Attributes
ACN	294622
Time
Date	199501
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
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
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	294622
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Normal landing and rollout on runway 21R at dtw. Captain elected to exit the runway on high speed taxiway Y-9. Upon clearing the runway and stopping, captain elected to make right turn on taxiway 'Y': (approximately a 135 degree turn. When queried by myself as to the landing gear clearance on the taxiway edge, captain responded 'we should be ok.' as we pulled into the gate, someone was heard on the ground control frequency to say that it appeared some taxiway lights had been broken adjacent to the 21R taxiway. Unsure as to whether we had damaged the taxiway lights because of our turn radius, I felt it appropriate to fill out this report. After we had taxied clear of the runway I was initiating my checklist procedures and was making my radio call to the dtw ramp tower I looked up just prior to the 135 degree turn and made my comment at that time. Maybe the standard taxi route for widebody transport aircraft should be 'Y9' to 'K9' to taxiway 'K' so the problem could be resolved prior to it possibly happening again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF WDB HIT TXWY LIGHTS WHEN TURNING ON TO TXWY AFTER LNDG.

Narrative: NORMAL LNDG AND ROLLOUT ON RWY 21R AT DTW. CAPT ELECTED TO EXIT THE RWY ON HIGH SPD TXWY Y-9. UPON CLRING THE RWY AND STOPPING, CAPT ELECTED TO MAKE R TURN ON TXWY 'Y': (APPROX A 135 DEG TURN. WHEN QUERIED BY MYSELF AS TO THE LNDG GEAR CLRNC ON THE TXWY EDGE, CAPT RESPONDED 'WE SHOULD BE OK.' AS WE PULLED INTO THE GATE, SOMEONE WAS HEARD ON THE GND CTL FREQ TO SAY THAT IT APPEARED SOME TXWY LIGHTS HAD BEEN BROKEN ADJACENT TO THE 21R TXWY. UNSURE AS TO WHETHER WE HAD DAMAGED THE TXWY LIGHTS BECAUSE OF OUR TURN RADIUS, I FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO FILL OUT THIS RPT. AFTER WE HAD TAXIED CLR OF THE RWY I WAS INITIATING MY CHKLIST PROCS AND WAS MAKING MY RADIO CALL TO THE DTW RAMP TWR I LOOKED UP JUST PRIOR TO THE 135 DEG TURN AND MADE MY COMMENT AT THAT TIME. MAYBE THE STANDARD TAXI RTE FOR WDB ACFT SHOULD BE 'Y9' TO 'K9' TO TXWY 'K' SO THE PROB COULD BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO IT POSSIBLY HAPPENING AGAIN.

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.