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B727 aircraft on landing rollout was cleared to turn off on taxiway north. Reporter captain didn't see the taxiway sign until already past it. Tower allowed flight crew to taxi on another runway to their gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353100 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sat |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 353100 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 185 flight time total : 9256 flight time type : 1457 |
| ASRS Report | 353112 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On final approach with tower, requested to roll out to the end of runway 12R, where our gate was located. Upon landing, I let the B727 roll out to the end, as our request was approved. Tower instructed to exit on taxiway north. I did not see any markings on the side of the runway for taxiway north, and subsequently passed it by, taxiing straight ahead onto runway 3/21. Tower then was kind enough to allow us to taxi on runway 3/21 to our gate. No further problems occurred. I believe that the night time visual cues were a definite factor in that with daytime cues, runway 3/21 would have been clearly visible.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 ACFT ON LNDG ROLLOUT WAS CLRED TO TURN OFF ON TXWY N. RPTR CAPT DIDN'T SEE THE TXWY SIGN UNTIL ALREADY PAST IT. TWR ALLOWED FLC TO TAXI ON ANOTHER RWY TO THEIR GATE.
Narrative: ON FINAL APCH WITH TWR, REQUESTED TO ROLL OUT TO THE END OF RWY 12R, WHERE OUR GATE WAS LOCATED. UPON LNDG, I LET THE B727 ROLL OUT TO THE END, AS OUR REQUEST WAS APPROVED. TWR INSTRUCTED TO EXIT ON TXWY N. I DID NOT SEE ANY MARKINGS ON THE SIDE OF THE RWY FOR TXWY N, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED IT BY, TAXIING STRAIGHT AHEAD ONTO RWY 3/21. TWR THEN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO TAXI ON RWY 3/21 TO OUR GATE. NO FURTHER PROBS OCCURRED. I BELIEVE THAT THE NIGHT TIME VISUAL CUES WERE A DEFINITE FACTOR IN THAT WITH DAYTIME CUES, RWY 3/21 WOULD HAVE BEEN CLRLY VISIBLE.
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.