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Taxiway weight limit not clearly defined or noted on airport diagram page. Apparent lack of taxiway lighting alerted flight crew to question tower about weight restr.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 341861 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tul |
| State Reference | OK |
| 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 | 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 | 341861 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
| Publication | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Reassigned to a late night ferry flight to tulsa. Landed on runway 26. Followed the line of blue taxi lights at taxiway north to exit. As the turn progressed it became evident the taxi lights stopped shortly after the turn off pad. The illusion of a continuous line was caused by the lights the next taxiway over merging with the lights at taxiway north from the runway vantage point. I stopped on the concrete pad at the taxiway north turnoff still in the blue lighted area and well short of the blacktop taxiway far ahead of me. We discussed the weight bearing capability of taxiway north with the tower. Neither company pages nor chart maker pages listed any restrs on the use of taxiway north. We held position. Tower found the load limits of taxiway north and reported the blacktop was not stressed for our load. We got a tug to push us back on to runway 08/26 and taxied to the maintenance ramp. I verified with the push crew that we were always on concrete and phoned the tower to pass the information along and to verify the concrete pad off the runway at taxiway north was stressed for our weight. Tower said they did not think a problem existed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TXWY WT LIMIT NOT CLRLY DEFINED OR NOTED ON ARPT DIAGRAM PAGE. APPARENT LACK OF TXWY LIGHTING ALERTED FLC TO QUESTION TWR ABOUT WT RESTR.
Narrative: REASSIGNED TO A LATE NIGHT FERRY FLT TO TULSA. LANDED ON RWY 26. FOLLOWED THE LINE OF BLUE TAXI LIGHTS AT TXWY N TO EXIT. AS THE TURN PROGRESSED IT BECAME EVIDENT THE TAXI LIGHTS STOPPED SHORTLY AFTER THE TURN OFF PAD. THE ILLUSION OF A CONTINUOUS LINE WAS CAUSED BY THE LIGHTS THE NEXT TXWY OVER MERGING WITH THE LIGHTS AT TXWY N FROM THE RWY VANTAGE POINT. I STOPPED ON THE CONCRETE PAD AT THE TXWY N TURNOFF STILL IN THE BLUE LIGHTED AREA AND WELL SHORT OF THE BLACKTOP TXWY FAR AHEAD OF ME. WE DISCUSSED THE WT BEARING CAPABILITY OF TXWY N WITH THE TWR. NEITHER COMPANY PAGES NOR CHART MAKER PAGES LISTED ANY RESTRS ON THE USE OF TXWY N. WE HELD POS. TWR FOUND THE LOAD LIMITS OF TXWY N AND RPTED THE BLACKTOP WAS NOT STRESSED FOR OUR LOAD. WE GOT A TUG TO PUSH US BACK ON TO RWY 08/26 AND TAXIED TO THE MAINT RAMP. I VERIFIED WITH THE PUSH CREW THAT WE WERE ALWAYS ON CONCRETE AND PHONED THE TWR TO PASS THE INFO ALONG AND TO VERIFY THE CONCRETE PAD OFF THE RWY AT TXWY N WAS STRESSED FOR OUR WT. TWR SAID THEY DID NOT THINK A PROB EXISTED.
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.