Medium large transport taxies to a dead end taxiway. Reverses and reorients position.

Attributes
ACN	233554
Time
Date	199302
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
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 : 140 flight time total : 14000
ASRS Report	233554
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was taxiing sbound on taxiway a as a PIC of an medium large transport and missed the turn onto taxiway B10 which led to the approach end of runway 36L which was my departure runway. I wound up on some kind of ex-taxiway or service road, and did a 180 degree turn as discreetly as possible and got back to where I belonged. I did not realize my mistake, we were almost abeam the runway threshold and I saw the threshold lights. My mind was preoccupied with having a passenger in the cockpit who was my employer's vice president of human resources (no caps intended), who is the company's front man in the termination of pilots and who represents management with many disputes with the pilot group. The end of taxiway a is not distinctly marked. I had also been distracted by confusion with the ATC ground controller and the aircraft first officer and had to explain the difference to the first officer between an small aircraft X and an small aircraft Y. He was an ex-military type -- so he claimed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG TAXIES TO A DEAD END TXWY. REVERSES AND REORIENTS POS.

Narrative: I WAS TAXIING SBOUND ON TXWY A AS A PIC OF AN MLG AND MISSED THE TURN ONTO TXWY B10 WHICH LED TO THE APCH END OF RWY 36L WHICH WAS MY DEP RWY. I WOUND UP ON SOME KIND OF EX-TXWY OR SVC ROAD, AND DID A 180 DEG TURN AS DISCREETLY AS POSSIBLE AND GOT BACK TO WHERE I BELONGED. I DID NOT REALIZE MY MISTAKE, WE WERE ALMOST ABEAM THE RWY THRESHOLD AND I SAW THE THRESHOLD LIGHTS. MY MIND WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH HAVING A PAX IN THE COCKPIT WHO WAS MY EMPLOYER'S VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES (NO CAPS INTENDED), WHO IS THE COMPANY'S FRONT MAN IN THE TERMINATION OF PLTS AND WHO REPRESENTS MGMNT WITH MANY DISPUTES WITH THE PLT GROUP. THE END OF TXWY A IS NOT DISTINCTLY MARKED. I HAD ALSO BEEN DISTRACTED BY CONFUSION WITH THE ATC GND CTLR AND THE ACFT FO AND HAD TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE TO THE FO BTWN AN SMA X AND AN SMA Y. HE WAS AN EX-MIL TYPE -- SO HE CLAIMED.

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.