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Flight crew of an MD80 inadvertently taxied off the designated taxiway after landing due to the poor lighting and marking indicators during night operations. For flcs should only taxi between blue taxiway lights during night operations. Some in-fields are not paved or of a hard surface.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 354662 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 354662 |
| 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 controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : became reoriented other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Had just completed landing and rollout runway 18 dca. We exited runway to the right on what we thought was taxiway. Ground control informed us we were between txwys. The area was black asphalt. At night, especially during rainy conditions, it is extremely difficult to discern txwys. Painted line markings were not visible. Should be repainted so they are visible at night during inclement WX. No damage occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MD80 INADVERTENTLY TAXIED OFF THE DESIGNATED TXWY AFTER LNDG DUE TO THE POOR LIGHTING AND MARKING INDICATORS DURING NIGHT OPS. FOR FLCS SHOULD ONLY TAXI BTWN BLUE TXWY LIGHTS DURING NIGHT OPS. SOME IN-FIELDS ARE NOT PAVED OR OF A HARD SURFACE.
Narrative: HAD JUST COMPLETED LNDG AND ROLLOUT RWY 18 DCA. WE EXITED RWY TO THE R ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS TXWY. GND CTL INFORMED US WE WERE BTWN TXWYS. THE AREA WAS BLACK ASPHALT. AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DISCERN TXWYS. PAINTED LINE MARKINGS WERE NOT VISIBLE. SHOULD BE REPAINTED SO THEY ARE VISIBLE AT NIGHT DURING INCLEMENT WX. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED.
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.