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An air carrier MD80 flight crew who were unfamiliar with the den airport had some difficulty finding taxiway cn. The reporter said the signage was good, but they had difficulty finding it on their map of the airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 401942 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | 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 | 401942 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
At the den airport when you taxi south on taxiway left from runway 26 you must exit at taxiway cn to get to our gates. Commercial chart page 10-9 does not show this taxiway identify at all. You must look at a small concourse diagram to find this taxiway and then it looks like it should be called taxiway 7E. We need to get the taxiway identify cn put on the airport page next to the taxiway. My last time into den we landed on runway 26 and were instructed to taxi south on taxiway left to taxiway cn and contact ramp. We had a hard time finding where taxiway cn was from the airport page. Let's see if we can fix this problem. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the captain said that the flight crew does not operate into den very often and that they saw the sign for the taxiway while looking for it on the map. He feels that the area of the map that shows the taxiway is difficult to locate and the depiction is misleading.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MD80 FLC WHO WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE DEN ARPT HAD SOME DIFFICULTY FINDING TXWY CN. THE RPTR SAID THE SIGNAGE WAS GOOD, BUT THEY HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING IT ON THEIR MAP OF THE ARPT.
Narrative: AT THE DEN ARPT WHEN YOU TAXI S ON TXWY L FROM RWY 26 YOU MUST EXIT AT TXWY CN TO GET TO OUR GATES. COMMERCIAL CHART PAGE 10-9 DOES NOT SHOW THIS TXWY IDENT AT ALL. YOU MUST LOOK AT A SMALL CONCOURSE DIAGRAM TO FIND THIS TXWY AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE CALLED TXWY 7E. WE NEED TO GET THE TXWY IDENT CN PUT ON THE ARPT PAGE NEXT TO THE TXWY. MY LAST TIME INTO DEN WE LANDED ON RWY 26 AND WERE INSTRUCTED TO TAXI S ON TXWY L TO TXWY CN AND CONTACT RAMP. WE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING WHERE TXWY CN WAS FROM THE ARPT PAGE. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIX THIS PROB. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE CAPT SAID THAT THE FLC DOES NOT OPERATE INTO DEN VERY OFTEN AND THAT THEY SAW THE SIGN FOR THE TXWY WHILE LOOKING FOR IT ON THE MAP. HE FEELS THAT THE AREA OF THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE TXWY IS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AND THE DEPICTION IS MISLEADING.
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.