Taxiway excursion by an air carrier large transport aircraft during taxi to parking.

Attributes
ACN	218110
Time
Date	199208
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 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 pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	218110
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were running 3 hours late because of WX earlier in the day. Landed at layover field at XA00 home domicile time. Approach and landing were fine and we headed toward the gate. Missed a turn and stopped with nosewheel off the pavement. Fortunately, there were no injuries or damage. Very embarrassed. We called for a tug to push the aircraft back onto the taxiway. Contributing factors -- no taxiway edge lights, glare from ramp lights, bare ground looked similar to pavement. The real cause? Perhaps we began to relax a couple of mins early after a long day.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIWAY EXCURSION BY AN ACR LGT ACFT DURING TAXI TO PARKING.

Narrative: WE WERE RUNNING 3 HRS LATE BECAUSE OF WX EARLIER IN THE DAY. LANDED AT LAYOVER FIELD AT XA00 HOME DOMICILE TIME. APCH AND LNDG WERE FINE AND WE HEADED TOWARD THE GATE. MISSED A TURN AND STOPPED WITH NOSEWHEEL OFF THE PAVEMENT. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. VERY EMBARRASSED. WE CALLED FOR A TUG TO PUSH THE ACFT BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS -- NO TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHTS, GLARE FROM RAMP LIGHTS, BARE GND LOOKED SIMILAR TO PAVEMENT. THE REAL CAUSE? PERHAPS WE BEGAN TO RELAX A COUPLE OF MINS EARLY AFTER A LONG DAY.

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.