Air carrier crew misses taxiway turn because of chart and airport marking confusion.

Attributes
ACN	453315
Time
Date	199910
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dtw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	453315
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport Chart Or Publication ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landed on runway 21C dtw. Ground controller instructed us to taxi, 'txwys F, north, to the ramp.' taxiing up taxiway F, we missed the inactive runway 9L/27R (taxiway north during construction). Ground controller caught our mistake and cleared us to taxi via taxiway V. We missed the note on the taxi chart that explains runway 9L/27R is now taxiway north. Also with both pilots looking (aware there is a problem with taxiing on dtw airport) we missed any signs that might have shown us taxiway north. I'm not sure there were any until after passing taxiway north. We need clearly marked txwys and well defined routes for dtw. It would benefit both controllers and pilots.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CREW MISSES TXWY TURN BECAUSE OF CHART AND ARPT MARKING CONFUSION.

Narrative: LANDED ON RWY 21C DTW. GND CTLR INSTRUCTED US TO TAXI, 'TXWYS F, N, TO THE RAMP.' TAXIING UP TXWY F, WE MISSED THE INACTIVE RWY 9L/27R (TXWY N DURING CONSTRUCTION). GND CTLR CAUGHT OUR MISTAKE AND CLRED US TO TAXI VIA TXWY V. WE MISSED THE NOTE ON THE TAXI CHART THAT EXPLAINS RWY 9L/27R IS NOW TXWY N. ALSO WITH BOTH PLTS LOOKING (AWARE THERE IS A PROB WITH TAXIING ON DTW ARPT) WE MISSED ANY SIGNS THAT MIGHT HAVE SHOWN US TXWY N. I'M NOT SURE THERE WERE ANY UNTIL AFTER PASSING TXWY N. WE NEED CLRLY MARKED TXWYS AND WELL DEFINED ROUTES FOR DTW. IT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH CTLRS AND PLTS.

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.