Captain of an FK10 inadvertently misread the taxiway signs and failed to follow the taxi instructions given by controller resulting in taxiing onto the wrong taxiway.

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Attributes
ACN	355560
Time
Date	199612
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	355560
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taxied on wrong taxiway. Location: dtw. I landed on runway 21R at dtw and exited at taxiway Y9. Ground told us to taxi via taxiway K taxiway V to the ramp. I misread the taxiway sign and turned left onto taxiway Y. Ground then told us to turn right on runway 9L and join taxiway K taxiway V. I just misread the taxi sign as I exited the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN FK10 INADVERTENTLY MISREAD THE TXWY SIGNS AND FAILED TO FOLLOW THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY CTLR RESULTING IN TAXIING ONTO THE WRONG TXWY.

Narrative: TAXIED ON WRONG TXWY. LOCATION: DTW. I LANDED ON RWY 21R AT DTW AND EXITED AT TXWY Y9. GND TOLD US TO TAXI VIA TXWY K TXWY V TO THE RAMP. I MISREAD THE TXWY SIGN AND TURNED L ONTO TXWY Y. GND THEN TOLD US TO TURN R ON RWY 9L AND JOIN TXWY K TXWY V. I JUST MISREAD THE TAXI SIGN AS I EXITED THE RWY.

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.