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An air carrier captain, taxiing at night at lax, inadvertently turned down a blind alleyway due to poor taxiway markings.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 474006 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : p31.tracon |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| 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 : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 13001 flight time type : 3101 |
| ASRS Report | 474006 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Situations | |
| Airport | markings : lax.airport taxiway surface condition : lax.airport |
Narrative:
At night, during taxi to maintenance ramp, started to turn down blind alleyway (dead end) and stopped. Would not move because of tight space without guide man for safety. Airport personnel guided us away from obstructions. Airports need better marking. Old markings should be removed, not painted over.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR CAPT, TAXIING AT NIGHT AT LAX, INADVERTENTLY TURNED DOWN A BLIND ALLEYWAY DUE TO POOR TXWY MARKINGS.
Narrative: AT NIGHT, DURING TAXI TO MAINT RAMP, STARTED TO TURN DOWN BLIND ALLEYWAY (DEAD END) AND STOPPED. WOULD NOT MOVE BECAUSE OF TIGHT SPACE WITHOUT GUIDE MAN FOR SAFETY. ARPT PERSONNEL GUIDED US AWAY FROM OBSTRUCTIONS. ARPTS NEED BETTER MARKING. OLD MARKINGS SHOULD BE REMOVED, NOT PAINTED OVER.
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.