Narrative:

Taxi edge light (raised) was struck by nose tire. Crew departed a new gate for the first time and mistook taxi edge line for centerline. The edge line turned into a blue light line beyond terminal. Captain was distracted from taxiing by starting the second engine and conducting checklists, and hit a blue light with the nose tire. Aircraft was inspected for foreign object damage and none was noted. Contributing factors: unfamiliar taxi route from a new gate, conducting (approved) engine start during taxi, misleading taxiway lines, preponderance of terminal lighting, and updated airport diagram not available. Current one in use does not include the new mid-field terminal. Supplemental information from acn 392728: we were taxiing single (right) engine, but the captain was having trouble turning, so I asked if he wanted me to start the left engine. He stated that he wanted me to do so, so I started the left engine. My eyes were in the cockpit watching the gauges for the engine start. After the engine started, I ran the after-start checklist, and the captain responded to the items. I then started running the taxi checklist. As I was running the checklist, I heard a loud noise. I asked the captain 'what was that.' he responded a centerline taxi light (green). I then looked up and realized that it was an actual taxi light (blue), and said I think that was a taxi light, we must have just hit it. At this time the mid-field ramp tower, advised us that we just struck the taxi light. I believe this incident was caused by the factor of a new terminal that the captain and I were both inexperienced with, the multiple tasks that kept my eyes inside the cockpit, the design of the new terminal and the taxi light being lined up with a dashed line, that gives the impression of a taxiway line, and the taxiway lights being so far from the end of the pavement.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BAE 3200 ACFT TAXIES FROM IAD, VA, MID-FIELD AND STRIKES A TXWY EDGE LIGHT.

Narrative: TAXI EDGE LIGHT (RAISED) WAS STRUCK BY NOSE TIRE. CREW DEPARTED A NEW GATE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MISTOOK TAXI EDGE LINE FOR CTRLINE. THE EDGE LINE TURNED INTO A BLUE LIGHT LINE BEYOND TERMINAL. CAPT WAS DISTRACTED FROM TAXIING BY STARTING THE SECOND ENG AND CONDUCTING CHKLISTS, AND HIT A BLUE LIGHT WITH THE NOSE TIRE. ACFT WAS INSPECTED FOR FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE AND NONE WAS NOTED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: UNFAMILIAR TAXI RTE FROM A NEW GATE, CONDUCTING (APPROVED) ENG START DURING TAXI, MISLEADING TXWY LINES, PREPONDERANCE OF TERMINAL LIGHTING, AND UPDATED ARPT DIAGRAM NOT AVAILABLE. CURRENT ONE IN USE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE NEW MID-FIELD TERMINAL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 392728: WE WERE TAXIING SINGLE (R) ENG, BUT THE CAPT WAS HAVING TROUBLE TURNING, SO I ASKED IF HE WANTED ME TO START THE L ENG. HE STATED THAT HE WANTED ME TO DO SO, SO I STARTED THE L ENG. MY EYES WERE IN THE COCKPIT WATCHING THE GAUGES FOR THE ENG START. AFTER THE ENG STARTED, I RAN THE AFTER-START CHKLIST, AND THE CAPT RESPONDED TO THE ITEMS. I THEN STARTED RUNNING THE TAXI CHKLIST. AS I WAS RUNNING THE CHKLIST, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. I ASKED THE CAPT 'WHAT WAS THAT.' HE RESPONDED A CTRLINE TAXI LIGHT (GREEN). I THEN LOOKED UP AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS AN ACTUAL TAXI LIGHT (BLUE), AND SAID I THINK THAT WAS A TAXI LIGHT, WE MUST HAVE JUST HIT IT. AT THIS TIME THE MID-FIELD RAMP TWR, ADVISED US THAT WE JUST STRUCK THE TAXI LIGHT. I BELIEVE THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE FACTOR OF A NEW TERMINAL THAT THE CAPT AND I WERE BOTH INEXPERIENCED WITH, THE MULTIPLE TASKS THAT KEPT MY EYES INSIDE THE COCKPIT, THE DESIGN OF THE NEW TERMINAL AND THE TAXI LIGHT BEING LINED UP WITH A DASHED LINE, THAT GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF A TXWY LINE, AND THE TXWY LIGHTS BEING SO FAR FROM THE END OF THE PAVEMENT.

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.