Taxi deviation. Airport taxiway markings air carrier policy of only 1 taxi chart in cockpit.

Attributes
ACN	325215
Time
Date	199601
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
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	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6800 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	325215
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Taxiing out of alley between concourses G and H, taxi clearance was given to runway 9L via taxiway P, the usual route. Taxi clearance was then changed to runway 9L via taxiway Q. First officer had taxi chart (our carrier only issues charts to first officer's) and was backing up taxi directions. It was dark and I feel airport signage misleading for we inadvertently wound up on taxiway south crossing runway 12. Ground control then reclred us to runway 9R for takeoff. All this happened during a high workload phase, eg, taxi checklist, before takeoff checklist, control checks, and takeoff and departure briefings, all at a busy airport. I feel for this event not to have occurred, (a) the airport signage should be improved and (B) that airlines should issue charts to both pilots. (A) above should be reviewed for clarity at night from eye level of an airliner cockpit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXI DEV. ARPT TXWY MARKINGS ACR POLICY OF ONLY 1 TAXI CHART IN COCKPIT.

Narrative: TAXIING OUT OF ALLEY BTWN CONCOURSES G AND H, TAXI CLRNC WAS GIVEN TO RWY 9L VIA TXWY P, THE USUAL RTE. TAXI CLRNC WAS THEN CHANGED TO RWY 9L VIA TXWY Q. FO HAD TAXI CHART (OUR CARRIER ONLY ISSUES CHARTS TO FO'S) AND WAS BACKING UP TAXI DIRECTIONS. IT WAS DARK AND I FEEL ARPT SIGNAGE MISLEADING FOR WE INADVERTENTLY WOUND UP ON TXWY S XING RWY 12. GND CTL THEN RECLRED US TO RWY 9R FOR TKOF. ALL THIS HAPPENED DURING A HIGH WORKLOAD PHASE, EG, TAXI CHKLIST, BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST, CTL CHKS, AND TKOF AND DEP BRIEFINGS, ALL AT A BUSY ARPT. I FEEL FOR THIS EVENT NOT TO HAVE OCCURRED, (A) THE ARPT SIGNAGE SHOULD BE IMPROVED AND (B) THAT AIRLINES SHOULD ISSUE CHARTS TO BOTH PLTS. (A) ABOVE SHOULD BE REVIEWED FOR CLARITY AT NIGHT FROM EYE LEVEL OF AN AIRLINER COCKPIT.

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.