B757 landing at roa entered closed taxiway while exiting the runway.

Attributes
ACN	589791
Time
Date	200308
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : roa.airport
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 19000
ASRS Report	3000
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 850
ASRS Report	589789
Events
Anomaly	incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landed on runway 33 and instructed to roll to end and turn off at end and taxi to ramp. As I slowed at the end of runway I turned off on A2 which I thought was the last end taxiway. I don't recall seeing a parking sign and was advised by tower that we just turned on a closed taxiway. We asked for progressive because we thought he was referring the parallel taxiway 'a.' A2 was notamed out and we had reviewed this on our briefing, next time will be more attentive to these details. Contributing factors to this event were that the txwys are both at the end of runway and close enough to be mistaken and poorly marked. Supplemental information from acn 589789: this occurrence could have been avoided had the intersection been better signed and the controller been more specific in his taxi instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 LANDING AT ROA ENTERED CLOSED TXWY WHILE EXITING THE RWY.

Narrative: LANDED ON RWY 33 AND INSTRUCTED TO ROLL TO END AND TURN OFF AT END AND TAXI TO RAMP. AS I SLOWED AT THE END OF RWY I TURNED OFF ON A2 WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE LAST END TXWY. I DON'T RECALL SEEING A PARKING SIGN AND WAS ADVISED BY TWR THAT WE JUST TURNED ON A CLOSED TXWY. WE ASKED FOR PROGRESSIVE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT HE WAS REFERRING THE PARALLEL TXWY 'A.' A2 WAS NOTAMED OUT AND WE HAD REVIEWED THIS ON OUR BRIEFING, NEXT TIME WILL BE MORE ATTENTIVE TO THESE DETAILS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS EVENT WERE THAT THE TXWYS ARE BOTH AT THE END OF RWY AND CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE MISTAKEN AND POORLY MARKED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 589789: THIS OCCURRENCE COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE INTXN BEEN BETTER SIGNED AND THE CTLR BEEN MORE SPECIFIC IN HIS TAXI INSTRUCTIONS.

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.