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B757 cargo flight crew taxi onto wrong taxiway. Reporter concerned about taxiway reflectors and no taxiway lights.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 505210 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mhr.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sfo.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 505210 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : taxiway inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | lighting : mhr.airport signage : mhr.airport |
Narrative:
Mather is an old AFB that has been converted to civil use, mostly cargo. We were cleared to taxi to runway 4R from our company location, which is on the north side, just west of the intersection of taxiway E1 and taxiway D. It was a dark night due to a broken to overcast deck and little moonlight. There are no taxiway markings and no lights, just reflectors. It was very dark. We mistook taxiway E1 for an access road and accidentally turned on taxiway D -- the wrong taxiway. I had never flown out of mhr. Although it was a mistake, I feel some kind of marking, light or sign should be put up, so pilots can determine their position. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: airport representative advised taxiway and ramp lighting is waiting for sacramento county funding. Sacramento county board of supervisors has not released a construction start date.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 CARGO FLC TAXI ONTO WRONG TXWY. RPTR CONCERNED ABOUT TXWY REFLECTORS AND NO TXWY LIGHTS.
Narrative: MATHER IS AN OLD AFB THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO CIVIL USE, MOSTLY CARGO. WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 4R FROM OUR COMPANY LOCATION, WHICH IS ON THE N SIDE, JUST W OF THE INTXN OF TXWY E1 AND TXWY D. IT WAS A DARK NIGHT DUE TO A BROKEN TO OVCST DECK AND LITTLE MOONLIGHT. THERE ARE NO TXWY MARKINGS AND NO LIGHTS, JUST REFLECTORS. IT WAS VERY DARK. WE MISTOOK TXWY E1 FOR AN ACCESS ROAD AND ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ON TXWY D -- THE WRONG TXWY. I HAD NEVER FLOWN OUT OF MHR. ALTHOUGH IT WAS A MISTAKE, I FEEL SOME KIND OF MARKING, LIGHT OR SIGN SHOULD BE PUT UP, SO PLTS CAN DETERMINE THEIR POS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ARPT REPRESENTATIVE ADVISED TXWY AND RAMP LIGHTING IS WAITING FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY FUNDING. SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPVRS HAS NOT RELEASED A CONSTRUCTION START DATE.
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.