 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Captain of a super MD80 was redirected by tower controller to the assigned runway taxiway turnoff after landing due to airport unfamiliarity and inadequate signs and markings at night.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 469172 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200004 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : san.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 469172 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
Location: B8 turnoff from runway 27. Landing runway 27, taxiway B7 turnoff closed and barricaded. Tower instructions to turn off runway at the end. Very difficult to determine where end of runway turnoff is at night. The actual last turnoff (taxiway B8) is at the end of the overrun, not at the end of the runway threshold. The tower controller's quick action saved me from turning off in between taxiway B7 and taxiway B8. Recommend improving the markings and lighting for the taxiway B8 turnoff from runway 27.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A SUPER MD80 WAS REDIRECTED BY TWR CTLR TO THE ASSIGNED RWY TXWY TURNOFF AFTER LNDG DUE TO ARPT UNFAMILIARITY AND INADEQUATE SIGNS AND MARKINGS AT NIGHT.
Narrative: LOCATION: B8 TURNOFF FROM RWY 27. LNDG RWY 27, TXWY B7 TURNOFF CLOSED AND BARRICADED. TWR INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN OFF RWY AT THE END. VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHERE END OF RWY TURNOFF IS AT NIGHT. THE ACTUAL LAST TURNOFF (TXWY B8) IS AT THE END OF THE OVERRUN, NOT AT THE END OF THE RWY THRESHOLD. THE TWR CTLR'S QUICK ACTION SAVED ME FROM TURNING OFF IN BETWEEN TXWY B7 AND TXWY B8. RECOMMEND IMPROVING THE MARKINGS AND LIGHTING FOR THE TXWY B8 TURNOFF FROM RWY 27.
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.