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A corporate pilot was directed by dfw ground to follow an MD80 and discovered he was on a large poorly marked ramp which comprised two taxiways with three poorly marked intersecting taxiways.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1013443 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201205 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DFW.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
We received a clearance to taxi and were told to follow a MD80 in front of us and to taxi to the active runway via a specific taxiway. While following the MD80; it became clear to us that the taxiway in question was really a very large ramp area containing two taxiways that intersected with three more; all of which are poorly marked. Once we determined we were following the MD80 on the wrong taxiway; we corrected and moved to the middle of the ramp area (which contained our taxiway) and continued to our assigned intersection without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Corporate pilot was directed by DFW Ground to follow an MD80 and discovered he was on a large poorly marked ramp which comprised two taxiways with three poorly marked intersecting taxiways.
Narrative: We received a clearance to taxi and were told to follow a MD80 in front of us and to taxi to the active runway via a specific taxiway. While following the MD80; it became clear to us that the taxiway in question was really a very large ramp area containing two taxiways that intersected with three more; all of which are poorly marked. Once we determined we were following the MD80 on the wrong taxiway; we corrected and moved to the middle of the ramp area (which contained our taxiway) and continued to our assigned intersection without incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.