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A CL65 captain deviated from his cleared taxi route at jfk; due in large part to the night time environment and poor lighting and signage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 846702 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JFK.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 2500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
I was given a taxi route of cross 31R join C to runway 22R... I had never been given that route and also; usually they say turn on a or B and what direction. I was departing out of west; but I wasn't sure what the controller meant; but I had taxied in jfk I knew how to get where I was going. I ended up missing the last turn toward the runway even though it was a straight shot and I do not know how that happened. I somehow got on east and went around the back way to 22R (its kind of like V in atl) and the controller saw my route and said that I could just keep going on east and make the right onto Y and then right on fb. When I got to the east and Y right turn; I almost missed it because there is literally no taxiway lights and jfk is notorious for poor signage; again I knew where I was going; but it just didn't happen. There were no conflicts; but I was upset because I had been to jkf many many times; but that night it was a little different since the flight had been delayed several hours and it was in the middle of the night in addition to the poor signage and lighting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CL65 Captain deviated from his cleared taxi route at JFK; due in large part to the night time environment and poor lighting and signage.
Narrative: I was given a taxi route of cross 31R join C to runway 22R... I had never been given that route and also; usually they say turn on A or B and what direction. I was departing out of W; but I wasn't sure what the controller meant; but I had taxied in JFK I knew how to get where I was going. I ended up missing the last turn toward the runway even though it was a straight shot and I do not know how that happened. I somehow got on E and went around the back way to 22R (its kind of like V in ATL) and the controller saw my route and said that I could just keep going on E and make the right onto Y and then right on FB. When I got to the E and Y right turn; I almost missed it because there is literally no taxiway lights and JFK is notorious for poor signage; again I knew where I was going; but it just didn't happen. There were no conflicts; but I was upset because I had been to JKF many many times; but that night it was a little different since the flight had been delayed several hours and it was in the middle of the night in addition to the poor signage and lighting.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.