<< >> NASA ASRS Report 354662, November 1996

Flight crew of an MD80 inadvertently taxied off the designated taxiway after landing due to the poor lighting and marking indicators during night operations. For flcs should only taxi between blue taxiway lights during night operations. Some in-fields are not paved or of a hard surface.

Attributes
ACN	354662
Time
Date	199611
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	354662
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 controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Had just completed landing and rollout runway 18 dca. We exited runway to the right on what we thought was taxiway. Ground control informed us we were between txwys. The area was black asphalt. At night, especially during rainy conditions, it is extremely difficult to discern txwys. Painted line markings were not visible. Should be repainted so they are visible at night during inclement WX. No damage occurred.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MD80 INADVERTENTLY TAXIED OFF THE DESIGNATED TXWY AFTER LNDG DUE TO THE POOR LIGHTING AND MARKING INDICATORS DURING NIGHT OPS. FOR FLCS SHOULD ONLY TAXI BTWN BLUE TXWY LIGHTS DURING NIGHT OPS. SOME IN-FIELDS ARE NOT PAVED OR OF A HARD SURFACE.

Narrative: HAD JUST COMPLETED LNDG AND ROLLOUT RWY 18 DCA. WE EXITED RWY TO THE R ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS TXWY. GND CTL INFORMED US WE WERE BTWN TXWYS. THE AREA WAS BLACK ASPHALT. AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DISCERN TXWYS. PAINTED LINE MARKINGS WERE NOT VISIBLE. SHOULD BE REPAINTED SO THEY ARE VISIBLE AT NIGHT DURING INCLEMENT WX. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED.

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.