<< >> NASA ASRS Report 80369, January 1988

Air carrier PIC is concerned about not being able to identify his position on taxiway west in very low visibility conditions.

Attributes
ACN	80369
Time
Date	198801
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tpa
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Heavy Transport, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	80369
Person 2
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

The purpose of this report is to comment on the poor taxiway markings at tpa airport. During a taxiout in CAT III conditions, the tower operator could not see the aircraft and had to depend on the pilots reporting their position. This is very difficult to determine in visibility such as this when the txwys are not marked properly. The tpa airport also needs ground radar for these conditions.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR PIC IS CONCERNED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIS POSITION ON TXWY W IN VERY LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.

Narrative: THE PURPOSE OF THIS RPT IS TO COMMENT ON THE POOR TXWY MARKINGS AT TPA ARPT. DURING A TAXIOUT IN CAT III CONDITIONS, THE TWR OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE THE ACFT AND HAD TO DEPEND ON THE PLTS RPTING THEIR POS. THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IN VIS SUCH AS THIS WHEN THE TXWYS ARE NOT MARKED PROPERLY. THE TPA ARPT ALSO NEEDS GND RADAR FOR THESE CONDITIONS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.