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A taxiing DC9-50 captain passes up his turn to taxiway dixie off taxiway east and enters taxiway G instead. Ground controller tells him he missed his turn. PIC says he was misled by improper signage on taxiway sign. Controller checking it out.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405746 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bed |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 405746 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
On taxi out, we departed the north side of the ramp, but found out we needed the longest runway for weight. From taxiway east we were told to turn south on taxiway dixie for runway 27R. Our 10- 9 chart shows dixie as the next right turn eastbound on taxiway east after taxiway C, but airport signage indicates both taxiway dixie and taxiway G as taxiway dixie sbound. This was confusing and elicited a terse response from atl ground controller that we had missed our turn. We told controller of sign problem and he said he'd have the airport check it out.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TAXIING DC9-50 CAPT PASSES UP HIS TURN TO TXWY DIXIE OFF TXWY E AND ENTERS TXWY G INSTEAD. GND CTLR TELLS HIM HE MISSED HIS TURN. PIC SAYS HE WAS MISLED BY IMPROPER SIGNAGE ON TXWY SIGN. CTLR CHKING IT OUT.
Narrative: ON TAXI OUT, WE DEPARTED THE N SIDE OF THE RAMP, BUT FOUND OUT WE NEEDED THE LONGEST RWY FOR WT. FROM TXWY E WE WERE TOLD TO TURN S ON TXWY DIXIE FOR RWY 27R. OUR 10- 9 CHART SHOWS DIXIE AS THE NEXT R TURN EBOUND ON TXWY E AFTER TXWY C, BUT ARPT SIGNAGE INDICATES BOTH TXWY DIXIE AND TXWY G AS TXWY DIXIE SBOUND. THIS WAS CONFUSING AND ELICITED A TERSE RESPONSE FROM ATL GND CTLR THAT WE HAD MISSED OUR TURN. WE TOLD CTLR OF SIGN PROB AND HE SAID HE'D HAVE THE ARPT CHK IT OUT.
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.