Taxiway excursion at clt, nc.

Attributes
ACN	495928
Time
Date	200012
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : clt.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	495928
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	excursion : taxiway
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Taxied the left main landing gear off the pavement at the intersection of 2 txwys. This happened after landing on and clearing runway 36R clt. The txwys involved were taxiway right and taxiway C. This turn involves almost a complete reversal of course. Txwys need to be enlarged at such locations. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said that there was another aircraft on taxiway right from the opposite direction holding to follow. His position was observed to be quite close to taxiway C. The turn that was made was too tight resulting in the excursion. There are taxiway centerline markings but the reporter did not use them for guidance because of the other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TXWY EXCURSION AT CLT, NC.

Narrative: TAXIED THE L MAIN LNDG GEAR OFF THE PAVEMENT AT THE INTXN OF 2 TXWYS. THIS HAPPENED AFTER LNDG ON AND CLRING RWY 36R CLT. THE TXWYS INVOLVED WERE TXWY R AND TXWY C. THIS TURN INVOLVES ALMOST A COMPLETE REVERSAL OF COURSE. TXWYS NEED TO BE ENLARGED AT SUCH LOCATIONS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER ACFT ON TXWY R FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION HOLDING TO FOLLOW. HIS POS WAS OBSERVED TO BE QUITE CLOSE TO TXWY C. THE TURN THAT WAS MADE WAS TOO TIGHT RESULTING IN THE EXCURSION. THERE ARE TXWY CTRLINE MARKINGS BUT THE RPTR DID NOT USE THEM FOR GUIDANCE BECAUSE OF THE OTHER ACFT.

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.