Narrative:

Upon taking control of aircraft from first officer, began to taxi down runway. Started to turn off onto taxiway G direct high speed turn off from opposite runway. Started to turn on yellow line and continued turn. Stopped turn when realized nose of aircraft was now past entry to taxiway G. Received clearance to make a 360 and exited runway to the gate. Parts of yellow line are obscured, hard to see and our taxi light was on and working. Aircraft stayed on runway the whole time. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that he was flying a BA3100. They were landing on runway 10R. He followed the yellow line but ended up facing the grass and without enough room to complete the turn. The tower asked if they would like right turn or a 180 degree? They indicated a 180 degree was preferable. There was FAA personnel on board the aircraft and the incident was discussed with him. He indicated no problem. They handled it well. Reporter discussed the incident with chief pilot and got the same response. Reporter was quick to state that they were never off the runway, just lost sight of the yellow line. Last week reporter noticed the intersection at taxiway G was blocked off and it appeared they had some heavy equipment at the location and were doing some clean-up or repaving.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF BA3100 ON ROLLOUT AFTER LNDG IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE TURN TO TXWY ONTO A REVERSE HIGH SPD EXIT. TWR ASKS IF THEY WOULD LIKE A R TURN OR A 180 DEG. EXECUTING THE 180 DEG THEY TAXI ONTO GATE. THE YELLOW LINES ARE NOT VERY VISIBLE. THEY NEVER EXITED THE RWY, JUST LOOKED AT THE GRASS.

Narrative: UPON TAKING CTL OF ACFT FROM FO, BEGAN TO TAXI DOWN RWY. STARTED TO TURN OFF ONTO TXWY G DIRECT HIGH SPD TURN OFF FROM OPPOSITE RWY. STARTED TO TURN ON YELLOW LINE AND CONTINUED TURN. STOPPED TURN WHEN REALIZED NOSE OF ACFT WAS NOW PAST ENTRY TO TXWY G. RECEIVED CLRNC TO MAKE A 360 AND EXITED RWY TO THE GATE. PARTS OF YELLOW LINE ARE OBSCURED, HARD TO SEE AND OUR TAXI LIGHT WAS ON AND WORKING. ACFT STAYED ON RWY THE WHOLE TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT HE WAS FLYING A BA3100. THEY WERE LNDG ON RWY 10R. HE FOLLOWED THE YELLOW LINE BUT ENDED UP FACING THE GRASS AND WITHOUT ENOUGH ROOM TO COMPLETE THE TURN. THE TWR ASKED IF THEY WOULD LIKE R TURN OR A 180 DEG? THEY INDICATED A 180 DEG WAS PREFERABLE. THERE WAS FAA PERSONNEL ON BOARD THE ACFT AND THE INCIDENT WAS DISCUSSED WITH HIM. HE INDICATED NO PROB. THEY HANDLED IT WELL. RPTR DISCUSSED THE INCIDENT WITH CHIEF PLT AND GOT THE SAME RESPONSE. RPTR WAS QUICK TO STATE THAT THEY WERE NEVER OFF THE RWY, JUST LOST SIGHT OF THE YELLOW LINE. LAST WK RPTR NOTICED THE INTXN AT TXWY G WAS BLOCKED OFF AND IT APPEARED THEY HAD SOME HVY EQUIP AT THE LOCATION AND WERE DOING SOME CLEAN-UP OR REPAVING.

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.