An air carrier crew turned on to the 'old E-8 taxiway' off of lax runway 6L because the E-8 sign on ...

Narrative:

After a standard visual landing on runway 6L at lax we exited the runway onto taxiway west as directed. We were then directed to hold short of runway 6R. Then we were given the taxi instruction to taxi east on runway 6R and exit at taxiway E8. Approaching the end of the runway I noted a taxiway sign E8 and a taxiway arrow for E8. Then we were following a taxiway lead off line. There was water on the runway which made it impossible to see any painted markings and the edge and centerline lights were incredibly bright and there were no taxiway lead off lights. I didn't realize we were not on a taxiway until our nose was there and then the tower controller advised us of our situation. The tower called out a car to verify our aircraft could turn out of the closed taxiway. We were able to turn out and continue to taxiway V and exit to the ground controller. While holding for the car to verify our position the tower described our position to the ground car as 'the old taxiway E8.' there had been a removal of the taxiway lead off line; however the markings in the cement remained different than the surrounding cement surfaces. There was also a taxiway sign directed toward the south that made it difficult to determine the taxiway location. There was water on the runway which made it impossible to see any painted markings and the edge and centerline lights were incredibly bright and there were no taxiway lead off lights.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier crew turned on to the 'old E-8 Taxiway' off of LAX Runway 6L because the E-8 sign on Runway 6L was just prior to ground markings which were highlighted in wet night conditions and mistaken for the current E-8 which is about 200' east.

Narrative: After a standard visual landing on Runway 6L at LAX we exited the runway onto Taxiway W as directed. We were then directed to hold short of runway 6R. Then we were given the taxi instruction to taxi east on Runway 6R and exit at Taxiway E8. Approaching the end of the runway I noted a taxiway sign E8 and a taxiway arrow for E8. Then we were following a taxiway lead off line. There was water on the runway which made it impossible to see any painted markings and the edge and centerline lights were incredibly bright and there were no taxiway lead off lights. I didn't realize we were not on a taxiway until our nose was there and then the Tower Controller advised us of our situation. The Tower called out a car to verify our aircraft could turn out of the closed taxiway. We were able to turn out and continue to Taxiway V and exit to the Ground Controller. While holding for the car to verify our position the tower described our position to the ground car as 'the old taxiway E8.' There had been a removal of the taxiway lead off line; however the markings in the cement remained different than the surrounding cement surfaces. There was also a taxiway sign directed toward the South that made it difficult to determine the taxiway location. There was water on the runway which made it impossible to see any painted markings and the edge and centerline lights were incredibly bright and there were no taxiway lead off lights.

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.

Attributes
ACN	926124
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Ground Excursion Taxiway

An air carrier crew turned on to the 'old E-8 taxiway' off of lax runway 6L because the E-8 sign on runway 6L was just prior to ground markings which were highlighted in wet night conditions and mistaken for the current E-8 which is about 200' east.