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An air carrier B727 flight crew reports that there are no signs indicating taxiway G at the intersection of taxiway south, D, and G.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 432544 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las.airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm Windshear |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 432544 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : flc 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Situations | |
| Airport | lighting : las.airport markings : las.airport |
Narrative:
Intersection of txwys south, D, and G lack signage guidance for taxiway G on left side of taxiway D. Night taxi at las is a true incident/accident waiting to happen.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B727 FLC RPTS THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNS INDICATING TXWY G AT THE INTXN OF TXWY S, D, AND G.
Narrative: INTXN OF TXWYS S, D, AND G LACK SIGNAGE GUIDANCE FOR TXWY G ON L SIDE OF TXWY D. NIGHT TAXI AT LAS IS A TRUE INCIDENT/ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
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.