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Reporter situation: a portion of a taxiway has been designated as a non movement area. Reporter stated the area is not visible from the tower and that this is a hazard as they cannot advise the pilots of cars or tows using the taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 372482 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bev |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| ASRS Report | 372482 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
We have a taxiway at beverly ATCT, beverly, ma, taxiway B. There is a portion of the taxiway that is not usable from the tower. This portion was recently changed to a non movement area designation. This creates a hazard to safety because we never know if anyone is on it when we taxi aircraft to and from the runway. There are no markings which designate this a non movement area. Sometimes cars and tows from the FBO's shoot out onto this taxiway and we can't see them and we can't advise the pilots. There is no control.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR SIT: A PORTION OF A TXWY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A NON MOVEMENT AREA. RPTR STATED THE AREA IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE TWR AND THAT THIS IS A HAZARD AS THEY CANNOT ADVISE THE PLTS OF CARS OR TOWS USING THE TXWY.
Narrative: WE HAVE A TXWY AT BEVERLY ATCT, BEVERLY, MA, TXWY B. THERE IS A PORTION OF THE TXWY THAT IS NOT USABLE FROM THE TWR. THIS PORTION WAS RECENTLY CHANGED TO A NON MOVEMENT AREA DESIGNATION. THIS CREATES A HAZARD TO SAFETY BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW IF ANYONE IS ON IT WHEN WE TAXI ACFT TO AND FROM THE RWY. THERE ARE NO MARKINGS WHICH DESIGNATE THIS A NON MOVEMENT AREA. SOMETIMES CARS AND TOWS FROM THE FBO'S SHOOT OUT ONTO THIS TXWY AND WE CAN'T SEE THEM AND WE CAN'T ADVISE THE PLTS. THERE IS NO CTL.
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.