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B777 pilot reported that taxi instructions required an excessively sharp turn onto another taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1518531 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JFK.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
We were given taxi route B left on U right on circuit breaker cross 13L right on C. It was poor visibility and I was looking outside not at taxi chart. First officer (first officer) and (relief officer) fb had charts up. Fb said circuit breaker to C was more than 90 degree turn. I took this as just helping me find it. Fb was trying to tell me he thought it might be too tight. Taxi chart does not show an island in the middle of that intersection. I thought we had plenty of room since ground sent us that way. With the island in that intersection it made it an uncomfortable turn. Although we made the turn without incident; it would have been better if I had just stopped even if it had caused a big problem for ground control. The aircraft behind us refused the clearance when they saw us make the turn.[suggestion] do not use that taxi route. I will emphasize to first officer's that if they are at all uncomfortable with anything on the ground to just tell me to stop; then tell me what they see.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 pilot reported that taxi instructions required an excessively sharp turn onto another taxiway.
Narrative: We were given taxi route B left on U right on CB cross 13L right on C. It was poor visibility and I was looking outside not at taxi chart. First Officer (FO) and (Relief Officer) FB had charts up. FB said CB to C was more than 90 degree turn. I took this as just helping me find it. FB was trying to tell me he thought it might be too tight. Taxi chart does not show an island in the middle of that intersection. I thought we had plenty of room since ground sent us that way. With the island in that intersection it made it an uncomfortable turn. Although we made the turn without incident; it would have been better if I had just stopped even if it had caused a big problem for ground control. The aircraft behind us refused the clearance when they saw us make the turn.[Suggestion] Do not use that taxi route. I will emphasize to FO's that if they are at all uncomfortable with anything on the ground to just tell me to stop; then tell me what they see.
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.