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Pilot believes a second yellow line needs to be painted to lead aircraft to a second set of green lights on taxiway M, located on the approach end of runway 1L at sfo.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 407507 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo |
| State Reference | CA |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 407507 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Another yellow taxi line needs to be added at threshold of sfo runway 1L on taxiway M. There are 2 sets of green lights, but only 1 line. This confuses pilots who are not familiar with the airport. See diagram overleaf.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT BELIEVES A SECOND YELLOW LINE NEEDS TO BE PAINTED TO LEAD ACFT TO A SECOND SET OF GREEN LIGHTS ON TXWY M, LOCATED ON THE APCH END OF RWY 1L AT SFO.
Narrative: ANOTHER YELLOW TAXI LINE NEEDS TO BE ADDED AT THRESHOLD OF SFO RWY 1L ON TXWY M. THERE ARE 2 SETS OF GREEN LIGHTS, BUT ONLY 1 LINE. THIS CONFUSES PLTS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT. SEE DIAGRAM OVERLEAF.
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.