A taxiing MD11 turns onto the wrong taxiway during a night operation at lax, ca.

Attributes
ACN	419410
Time
Date	199811
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 28000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	419410
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I landed on runway 6L at lax. Taxi instructions were 'west on taxiway east, left turn on taxiway south to taxiway B, hold at taxiway G.' taxiing on taxiway east, I asked first officer if the approaching taxiway was taxiway south, he said 'yes.' I turned on that taxiway and only realized I was on taxiway Q when we reached the end. There was only 1 controller on tower and ground and the taxi chart is very hard to read at night. The letters 'Q' and 'south' are very small.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TAXIING MD11 TURNS ONTO THE WRONG TXWY DURING A NIGHT OP AT LAX, CA.

Narrative: I LANDED ON RWY 6L AT LAX. TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE 'W ON TXWY E, L TURN ON TXWY S TO TXWY B, HOLD AT TXWY G.' TAXIING ON TXWY E, I ASKED FO IF THE APCHING TXWY WAS TXWY S, HE SAID 'YES.' I TURNED ON THAT TXWY AND ONLY REALIZED I WAS ON TXWY Q WHEN WE REACHED THE END. THERE WAS ONLY 1 CTLR ON TWR AND GND AND THE TAXI CHART IS VERY HARD TO READ AT NIGHT. THE LETTERS 'Q' AND 'S' ARE VERY SMALL.

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.