An instructor pilot reported that after exiting gvl runway 5 beyond runway 11/29 at night his studen...

Narrative:

We made a normal full stop landing with my student. We landed straight down the centerline and we were slowing down to exit at the next taxiway. My student started to turn to follow a yellow taxi line and before I could say anything we had made a turn. This turn was to an unlit part of runway 11-29 at gvl; so when we finished turning we were looking at the grass. I took control of the airplane knowing there was an airplane on final turned the plane back on to the runway taxied down to the next taxiway and exited. At no point did our aircraft leave the runway. This did create a delay on the runway that still seemed to be no factor. I think that the airport lighting and signs led to my student turning down that line even though the airport is not well lit through that area. At no point did we or any other aircraft come into danger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Instructor pilot reported that after exiting GVL Runway 5 beyond Runway 11/29 at night his student attempted to taxi off the large ramp which he attributed to poor signage and lighting prior to entering the terminal ramp.

Narrative: We made a normal full stop landing with my student. We landed straight down the centerline and we were slowing down to exit at the next taxiway. My student started to turn to follow a yellow taxi line and before I could say anything we had made a turn. This turn was to an unlit part of Runway 11-29 at GVL; so when we finished turning we were looking at the grass. I took control of the airplane knowing there was an airplane on final turned the plane back on to the runway taxied down to the next taxiway and exited. At no point did our aircraft leave the runway. This did create a delay on the runway that still seemed to be no factor. I think that the airport lighting and signs led to my student turning down that line even though the airport is not well lit through that area. At no point did we or any other aircraft come into danger.

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	983226
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	GVL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Total 662
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

An instructor pilot reported that after exiting gvl runway 5 beyond runway 11/29 at night his student attempted to taxi off the large ramp which he attributed to poor signage and lighting prior to entering the terminal ramp.