Narrative:

During landing roll ATC told us to 'make a right turn at the end' of the runway. There was a taxiway 1000 ft from the end that we passed (this is what the controller intended for us). We continued straight ahead until we found a right turn. After making the turn we found ourselves on a taxiway that joined another runway. We stopped and questioned the controller. He said we went past the desired turn off. The rest of the flight continued without incident. After referring to the airport diagram, there was a statement about the area east of runway 9R is not for operational use and is painted green. Factors: the controller's use of the phrase turn right at the end should have been 'turn right on taxiway south.' with that statement, even if we could not make the turn we would have seen it go by, and requested additional instructions. There were no reils at the rollout end. Note: the flashing hold short lights were working. Faded green paint does not stand out at night. Reflectors would stand out. A more thorough reading of the airport diagram would have alerted me to the end of runway layout.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LNDG FREIGHTER MISSES THEIR TURN OFF AT TXWY S ON RWY 9R AND USES THE OVERRUN TO ACCESS THE WRONG TXWY, Q AT ORD, IL.

Narrative: DURING LNDG ROLL ATC TOLD US TO 'MAKE A R TURN AT THE END' OF THE RWY. THERE WAS A TXWY 1000 FT FROM THE END THAT WE PASSED (THIS IS WHAT THE CTLR INTENDED FOR US). WE CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD UNTIL WE FOUND A R TURN. AFTER MAKING THE TURN WE FOUND OURSELVES ON A TXWY THAT JOINED ANOTHER RWY. WE STOPPED AND QUESTIONED THE CTLR. HE SAID WE WENT PAST THE DESIRED TURN OFF. THE REST OF THE FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER REFERRING TO THE ARPT DIAGRAM, THERE WAS A STATEMENT ABOUT THE AREA E OF RWY 9R IS NOT FOR OPERATIONAL USE AND IS PAINTED GREEN. FACTORS: THE CTLR'S USE OF THE PHRASE TURN R AT THE END SHOULD HAVE BEEN 'TURN R ON TXWY S.' WITH THAT STATEMENT, EVEN IF WE COULD NOT MAKE THE TURN WE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT GO BY, AND REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS. THERE WERE NO REILS AT THE ROLLOUT END. NOTE: THE FLASHING HOLD SHORT LIGHTS WERE WORKING. FADED GREEN PAINT DOES NOT STAND OUT AT NIGHT. REFLECTORS WOULD STAND OUT. A MORE THOROUGH READING OF THE ARPT DIAGRAM WOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THE END OF RWY LAYOUT.

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.