B747 crew taxied over runway end lights.

Attributes
ACN	492690
Time
Date	200011
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bfi.airport
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 750 flight time type : 750
ASRS Report	492690
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	492813
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical excursion : runway ground encounters other incursion : taxiway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After normal landing on runway 31 at bfi, captain began to exit right on taxiway A1. Control tower requested left turn to taxiway B because taxiway a was not stressed for B747. Captain came to full stop, then began left turn. Nose tire ran over unlighted runway end lights. Found cut in nose tire on postflt inspection. Crew unable to see runway end lights from cockpit at night.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747 CREW TAXIED OVER RWY END LIGHTS.

Narrative: AFTER NORMAL LNDG ON RWY 31 AT BFI, CAPT BEGAN TO EXIT R ON TXWY A1. CTL TWR REQUESTED L TURN TO TXWY B BECAUSE TXWY A WAS NOT STRESSED FOR B747. CAPT CAME TO FULL STOP, THEN BEGAN L TURN. NOSE TIRE RAN OVER UNLIGHTED RWY END LIGHTS. FOUND CUT IN NOSE TIRE ON POSTFLT INSPECTION. CREW UNABLE TO SEE RWY END LIGHTS FROM COCKPIT AT NIGHT.

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.