B737-400 flight crew surprised to see a de havilland dash 8 holding without lights on the taxiway on which reporter was assigned to parking.

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Attributes
ACN	533803
Time
Date	200112
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : clt.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
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 : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10800
ASRS Report	533803
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : took evasive action
Miss Distance	horizontal : 50 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Landed on runway 36R at clt just after dusk. Exited the runway on taxiway 'microphone' tower told us to give way to a dash 8 on 'charlie' and proceed to the ramp. I looked ahead and also to the right, but didn't see anything. The captain was moving on 'microphone' to clear the runway and he saw an erj (embraer rj) and thought maybe that was the traffic. He moved slightly ahead and then to his left saw a dash 8 stopped on taxiway 'charlie' with no taxi light on and painted dark blue so it was very difficult to see. The problem here was that there is never traffic coming down 'charlie' like that when runway 36R is in use. It is customary for them to use taxiway 'right or G' to cross runway 23. It is a very short distance between runway 36R and taxiway charlie so to completely clear the runway on microphone you almost have to project onto charlie. Like I said this is an untypical occurrence, but it sure made our hearts jump into our throats when we saw the dash 8 stopped just off our left wing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-400 FLC SURPRISED TO SEE A DE HAVILLAND DASH 8 HOLDING WITHOUT LIGHTS ON THE TXWY ON WHICH RPTR WAS ASSIGNED TO PARKING.

Narrative: LANDED ON RWY 36R AT CLT JUST AFTER DUSK. EXITED THE RWY ON TXWY 'MIKE' TWR TOLD US TO GIVE WAY TO A DASH 8 ON 'CHARLIE' AND PROCEED TO THE RAMP. I LOOKED AHEAD AND ALSO TO THE R, BUT DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. THE CAPT WAS MOVING ON 'MIKE' TO CLR THE RWY AND HE SAW AN ERJ (EMBRAER RJ) AND THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS THE TFC. HE MOVED SLIGHTLY AHEAD AND THEN TO HIS L SAW A DASH 8 STOPPED ON TXWY 'CHARLIE' WITH NO TAXI LIGHT ON AND PAINTED DARK BLUE SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE PROB HERE WAS THAT THERE IS NEVER TFC COMING DOWN 'CHARLIE' LIKE THAT WHEN RWY 36R IS IN USE. IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THEM TO USE TXWY 'R OR G' TO CROSS RWY 23. IT IS A VERY SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN RWY 36R AND TXWY CHARLIE SO TO COMPLETELY CLR THE RWY ON MIKE YOU ALMOST HAVE TO PROJECT ONTO CHARLIE. LIKE I SAID THIS IS AN UNTYPICAL OCCURRENCE, BUT IT SURE MADE OUR HEARTS JUMP INTO OUR THROATS WHEN WE SAW THE DASH 8 STOPPED JUST OFF OUR L WING.

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.