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Air carrier flight crew reports confusion attempting to transition from taxiway B west bound to taxiway a at night due to lack of signage during darkness.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1299874 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAN.Airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 4500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
At night; taxiing from off runway 10R; we were instructed to take taxiways J;B; and then a to the ramp. The signage at the intersection of B and a really should be better. As we taxied by; I looked over my shoulder and could see that going outbound the signage at that intersection was good. Why is it not so; going inbound? An aircraft was taxiing out from the cargo ramp and we as a crew really had to stop; go heads inside to check our charts to ensure there was no conflict and that we were really seeing taxiway a.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Flight Crew reports confusion attempting to transition from Taxiway B west bound to Taxiway A at night due to lack of signage during darkness.
Narrative: At night; taxiing from off Runway 10R; we were instructed to take Taxiways J;B; and then A to the ramp. The signage at the intersection of B and A really should be better. As we taxied by; I looked over my shoulder and could see that going outbound the signage at that intersection was good. Why is it not so; going inbound? An aircraft was taxiing out from the cargo ramp and we as a crew really had to stop; go heads inside to check our charts to ensure there was no conflict and that we were really seeing Taxiway A.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.