B737 on the ground at ewr missed a taxiway because of poor markings.

Attributes
ACN	419070
Time
Date	199811
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ewr airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 12600 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	419070
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Instructed by ground after clearing runway to taxi via taxiway B to taxiway RF. Missed taxiway B and taxied taxiway a to taxiway RF at ewr. Txwys not marked well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 ON THE GND AT EWR MISSED A TXWY BECAUSE OF POOR MARKINGS.

Narrative: INSTRUCTED BY GND AFTER CLRING RWY TO TAXI VIA TXWY B TO TXWY RF. MISSED TXWY B AND TAXIED TXWY A TO TXWY RF AT EWR. TXWYS NOT MARKED WELL.

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.