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Air carrier captain reported taxiing to tul runway 36R on taxiway K in darkness and expected a curved taxi line transition to taxiway G; but was surprised at the 90 degree dead end turn onto a narrow taxiway G just short of the grass.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1435789 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201703 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | TUL.Airport |
| State Reference | OK |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
Taxi clearance was from our gate via kilo; golf; to runway 36R. I followed the big fat taxi line on kilo anticipating to see a curved taxi lane marking towards the right to join golf. Unfortunately; the taxi lane marking from kilo ends at a right angle on a way smaller taxi lane marking on golf. As it was dark; it looked like taxi lane kilo would go straight into the grass just to the right of taxiway F1. I did mention this to the ground controller to advise airport operation; but they said that nothing probably would be done about it.repaint the taxi line markings from a right angle to a smooth circle to join taxiway golf.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported taxiing to TUL Runway 36R on Taxiway K in darkness and expected a curved taxi line transition to Taxiway G; but was surprised at the 90 degree dead end turn onto a narrow Taxiway G just short of the grass.
Narrative: Taxi clearance was from our gate via Kilo; Golf; to Runway 36R. I followed the big fat taxi line on Kilo anticipating to see a curved taxi lane marking towards the right to join Golf. Unfortunately; the taxi lane marking from Kilo ends at a right angle on a way smaller taxi lane marking on Golf. As it was dark; it looked like taxi lane Kilo would go straight into the grass just to the right of Taxiway F1. I did mention this to the Ground Controller to advise airport operation; but they said that nothing probably would be done about it.Repaint the taxi line markings from a right angle to a smooth circle to join taxiway Golf.
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.