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B737 captain reported the condition of the taxiways at ord have become poor with multiple potholes and other pavement irregularities.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1522157 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Type 1227 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During the taxi out to runway 28R at N5; I noticed how horrible the taxiways have become at ord. Our taxi took us down B to N2 to north to N5 for takeoff on 28R. It was dark and I only had my limited taxi light working. I had so many potholes come up all of a sudden requiring me to brake quickly or try and taxi around them that I was swinging my flight attendants around during their takeoff demo. I even tried to slow to a crawl as I made my way over the constant potholes and poor patch work holes but even then I was banging and bouncing all over the place. These taxiways were easily the worst taxiways I've seen at any airport anywhere in a while. Ord needs to repave or at least repatch up those taxiways to keep us from hitting pot hole after pothole on taxi out. Based on the undulating and bubbled cement on all the taxiways; I think just repaving them would be the best option.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported the condition of the taxiways at ORD have become poor with multiple potholes and other pavement irregularities.
Narrative: During the taxi out to Runway 28R at N5; I noticed how horrible the taxiways have become at ORD. Our taxi took us down B to N2 to N to N5 for takeoff on 28R. It was dark and I only had my limited taxi light working. I had so many potholes come up all of a sudden requiring me to brake quickly or try and taxi around them that I was swinging my flight attendants around during their takeoff demo. I even tried to slow to a crawl as I made my way over the constant potholes and poor patch work holes but even then I was banging and bouncing all over the place. These taxiways were easily the worst taxiways I've seen at any airport anywhere in a while. ORD needs to repave or at least repatch up those taxiways to keep us from hitting pot hole after pothole on taxi out. Based on the undulating and bubbled cement on all the taxiways; I think just repaving them would be the best option.
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