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C501 pilot complaint about missing taxiway signs denoting taxiway east at cak airport. Ground controller had issued clearance to hold short of runway at taxiway east. Reporter was on taxiway east but there were no signs until approaching the runway. No deviation from clearance, just a sign problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 384302 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cak |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Citation I/SP |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 56 flight time total : 8640 flight time type : 260 |
| ASRS Report | 384302 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
I received my IFR clearance and called ground for taxi. They said 'taxi to active runway and hold short at taxiway east.' I started out of the abc ramp and was looking for taxiway marking that I was exiting the ramp onto a right turn. No signs exist. As I started to turn onto the right I was called and advised I was on taxiway east and in front of xyz cargo 1/2 mi to my left. As I taxied on down to the end of runway at the end of the taxiway was a lone taxiway east sign. I returned that day and checked and there is no other sign anywhere on taxiway east. I don't know what good a taxiway east sign is at the end of a parallel taxiway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C501 PLT COMPLAINT ABOUT MISSING TXWY SIGNS DENOTING TXWY E AT CAK ARPT. GND CTLR HAD ISSUED CLRNC TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY AT TXWY E. RPTR WAS ON TXWY E BUT THERE WERE NO SIGNS UNTIL APCHING THE RWY. NO DEV FROM CLRNC, JUST A SIGN PROB.
Narrative: I RECEIVED MY IFR CLRNC AND CALLED GND FOR TAXI. THEY SAID 'TAXI TO ACTIVE RWY AND HOLD SHORT AT TXWY E.' I STARTED OUT OF THE ABC RAMP AND WAS LOOKING FOR TXWY MARKING THAT I WAS EXITING THE RAMP ONTO A R TURN. NO SIGNS EXIST. AS I STARTED TO TURN ONTO THE R I WAS CALLED AND ADVISED I WAS ON TXWY E AND IN FRONT OF XYZ CARGO 1/2 MI TO MY L. AS I TAXIED ON DOWN TO THE END OF RWY AT THE END OF THE TXWY WAS A LONE TXWY E SIGN. I RETURNED THAT DAY AND CHKED AND THERE IS NO OTHER SIGN ANYWHERE ON TXWY E. I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOOD A TXWY E SIGN IS AT THE END OF A PARALLEL TXWY.
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.