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First officer of an light transport taxied across the runway edge boundary after landing due to confusion over the interpretation of the runway edge boundary white line.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 294446 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199501 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mvy |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 3300 flight time type : 280 |
| ASRS Report | 294446 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
The airport runway markings at muy intersection of runway 6 and 33 are difficult to verify such that when exiting the runway to taxi to the ramp, I started to taxi what was actually the runway edge marking. Thankfully, I caught it before I hit a light and proceeded without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF AN LTT TAXIED ACROSS THE RWY EDGE BOUNDARY AFTER LNDG DUE TO CONFUSION OVER THE INTERP OF THE RWY EDGE BOUNDARY WHITE LINE.
Narrative: THE ARPT RWY MARKINGS AT MUY INTXN OF RWY 6 AND 33 ARE DIFFICULT TO VERIFY SUCH THAT WHEN EXITING THE RWY TO TAXI TO THE RAMP, I STARTED TO TAXI WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THE RWY EDGE MARKING. THANKFULLY, I CAUGHT IT BEFORE I HIT A LIGHT AND PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
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.