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Air carrier flight crew reported inadvertently taxiing through a 'no taxi' area at mco; noting that the area is not lit at night.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1734959 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MCO.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Excursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
Inadvertently taxied through 'taxiway island'. While taxiing in toward gate; we taxied through the south 'island/no taxi' area between taxiways J3 & J4. It was late night; and I had turned off taxi light as courtesy to opposite direction aircraft on taxiway J; and marshallers in gate area. When I turned toward gate; I proceed through the unlit 'no taxi' area. As we passed by black vertical marker the first officer (first officer) noticed we had taxied through the 'no taxi' island. If airports feel it's important enough to mark an area unavailable for aircraft movement during daylight hours; maybe it would be wise to illuminate it during hour of darkness.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reported inadvertently taxiing through a 'no taxi' area at MCO; noting that the area is not lit at night.
Narrative: Inadvertently taxied through 'taxiway island'. While taxiing in toward gate; we taxied through the south 'island/no taxi' area between taxiways J3 & J4. It was late night; and I had turned off taxi light as courtesy to opposite direction aircraft on taxiway J; and marshallers in gate area. When I turned toward gate; I proceed through the UNLIT 'no taxi' area. As we passed by BLACK vertical marker the FO (First Officer) noticed we had taxied through the 'no taxi' island. If airports feel it's important enough to mark an area unavailable for aircraft movement during daylight hours; maybe it would be wise to illuminate it during hour of darkness.
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.