Taxiway centerline reflectors causing confusion due to the color favoring blue.

Attributes
ACN	164862
Time
Date	199012
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ont
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	164862
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Blue taxiway lights in combination with taxiway centerline reflectors that are not green. The reflectors are blue/green (more blue) leading to confusion on txwys because we are supposed to taxi on the bluish reflectors when blue for the taxiway perimeter. This is not ok for pilots, although it may be ok for far pt 139.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TXWY CENTERLINE REFLECTORS CAUSING CONFUSION DUE TO THE COLOR FAVORING BLUE.

Narrative: BLUE TXWY LIGHTS IN COMBINATION WITH TXWY CTRLINE REFLECTORS THAT ARE NOT GREEN. THE REFLECTORS ARE BLUE/GREEN (MORE BLUE) LEADING TO CONFUSION ON TXWYS BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAXI ON THE BLUISH REFLECTORS WHEN BLUE FOR THE TXWY PERIMETER. THIS IS NOT OK FOR PLTS, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE OK FOR FAR PT 139.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.