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Reported situation in which a landing B737 was not informed of a taxiway closure until turning onto the taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 385980 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad |
| State Reference | DC |
| 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 | B737-200 |
| 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 : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 143 flight time total : 9284 flight time type : 3116 |
| ASRS Report | 385980 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 385986 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Landed at iad on runway 1R, turned off on taxiway K1, then right on taxiway K. Switched to ground control and ground control stated, 'stop immediately, you are on a closed taxiway.' airfield manager representative drove out and directed aircraft to active taxiway. No damage done to anything. Information: 1) on approach to iad, unable to get ATIS (being changed). Advised tower on final we did not have ATIS. Tower advised, 'cleared to land runway 1R, altimeter 30.34.' 2) nothing in iad NOTAMS about taxiway closure. 3) upon talking with tower supervisor, was advised they had just removed the cones that had been marking the turnoff taxiway K1 and taxiway K closed and were preparing to sweep the area prior to opening it to traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTED SIT IN WHICH A LNDG B737 WAS NOT INFORMED OF A TXWY CLOSURE UNTIL TURNING ONTO THE TXWY.
Narrative: LANDED AT IAD ON RWY 1R, TURNED OFF ON TXWY K1, THEN R ON TXWY K. SWITCHED TO GND CTL AND GND CTL STATED, 'STOP IMMEDIATELY, YOU ARE ON A CLOSED TXWY.' AIRFIELD MGR REPRESENTATIVE DROVE OUT AND DIRECTED ACFT TO ACTIVE TXWY. NO DAMAGE DONE TO ANYTHING. INFO: 1) ON APCH TO IAD, UNABLE TO GET ATIS (BEING CHANGED). ADVISED TWR ON FINAL WE DID NOT HAVE ATIS. TWR ADVISED, 'CLRED TO LAND RWY 1R, ALTIMETER 30.34.' 2) NOTHING IN IAD NOTAMS ABOUT TXWY CLOSURE. 3) UPON TALKING WITH TWR SUPVR, WAS ADVISED THEY HAD JUST REMOVED THE CONES THAT HAD BEEN MARKING THE TURNOFF TXWY K1 AND TXWY K CLOSED AND WERE PREPARING TO SWEEP THE AREA PRIOR TO OPENING IT TO TFC.
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.