Wrong taxi route. Flight crew taxies aircraft in wrong direction after departing gate.

Attributes
ACN	298040
Time
Date	199503
Day	Sun
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lwm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
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
ASRS Report	298040
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Atl ramp taxi designators. Power back atl gate bb tail south, contact ground 1 north 121.9. Ramp taxi amber lines, 2 west, sbound per commercial chart 10-9 east northbound per commercial chart. 10-9. Departed bb per guideman signals, tail south on west taxi line. After taxi north on west taxi line a few ft a sbound arrow indicates we are taxiing wrong direction. East line and 1 north designation is visible so I transitioned to east taxi 1 north. Upon alignment on 1 north taxi line pushback air carrier cc begins move out of gate but slows to a stop. We are switched to ground control and he advises we are on wrong taxi line and ramp is not maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WRONG TAXI RTE. FLC TAXIES ACFT IN WRONG DIRECTION AFTER DEPARTING GATE.

Narrative: ATL RAMP TAXI DESIGNATORS. PWR BACK ATL GATE BB TAIL SOUTH, CONTACT GND 1 N 121.9. RAMP TAXI AMBER LINES, 2 W, SBOUND PER COMMERCIAL CHART 10-9 E NBOUND PER COMMERCIAL CHART. 10-9. DEPARTED BB PER GUIDEMAN SIGNALS, TAIL S ON W TAXI LINE. AFTER TAXI N ON W TAXI LINE A FEW FT A SBOUND ARROW INDICATES WE ARE TAXIING WRONG DIRECTION. E LINE AND 1 N DESIGNATION IS VISIBLE SO I TRANSITIONED TO E TAXI 1 N. UPON ALIGNMENT ON 1 N TAXI LINE PUSHBACK ACR CC BEGINS MOVE OUT OF GATE BUT SLOWS TO A STOP. WE ARE SWITCHED TO GND CTL AND HE ADVISES WE ARE ON WRONG TAXI LINE AND RAMP IS NOT MAINT.

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.