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Controller report regarding a taxiing aircraft which taxied onto the runway when clearance was to the runway. Controller believes the signage is poor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 400151 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dvt |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 7 |
| ASRS Report | 400151 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Aircraft was cleared to taxi to runway 7R via taxiway C by myself. He taxied onto runway 7R, obviously confusing the runway for a taxiway. I feel the poor signage here at dvt is a big part of the problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR RPT REGARDING A TAXIING ACFT WHICH TAXIED ONTO THE RWY WHEN CLRNC WAS TO THE RWY. CTLR BELIEVES THE SIGNAGE IS POOR.
Narrative: ACFT WAS CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 7R VIA TXWY C BY MYSELF. HE TAXIED ONTO RWY 7R, OBVIOUSLY CONFUSING THE RWY FOR A TXWY. I FEEL THE POOR SIGNAGE HERE AT DVT IS A BIG PART OF THE PROB.
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.