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B737 crew reports using taxiway not designed for their weight at lbb; citing airport charts as contributory.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 728010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lbb.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mke.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| 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 |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 728010 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : taxiway non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company Chart Or Publication Airport ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Taxi out from gate at lbb to runway 26. Looked at chart; went down taxiway right; planned right turn on taxiway hotel. Was advised by ground control that I am on a non-air carrier taxiway but can continue on it to runway 26 or exit at next intersection. I did exit and continued to runway 26. Taxiway looked like others on commercial chart and also looks as wide and friendly like other txwys when I went rolling down it. Was told by ATC that this has happened before and will happen again. I believe that something other than the fine print on the commercial chart might correct this error from happening in the future. A smaller width or use of X's would help. The depiction on the commercial chart and the taxiway width with normal signage can be misleading. In the future I will spend more time reading the fine print.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 CREW RPTS USING TXWY NOT DESIGNED FOR THEIR WT AT LBB; CITING ARPT CHARTS AS CONTRIBUTORY.
Narrative: TAXI OUT FROM GATE AT LBB TO RWY 26. LOOKED AT CHART; WENT DOWN TXWY R; PLANNED R TURN ON TXWY HOTEL. WAS ADVISED BY GROUND CONTROL THAT I AM ON A NON-AIR CARRIER TXWY BUT CAN CONTINUE ON IT TO RWY 26 OR EXIT AT NEXT INTXN. I DID EXIT AND CONTINUED TO RWY 26. TXWY LOOKED LIKE OTHERS ON COMMERCIAL CHART AND ALSO LOOKS AS WIDE AND FRIENDLY LIKE OTHER TXWYS WHEN I WENT ROLLING DOWN IT. WAS TOLD BY ATC THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE FINE PRINT ON THE COMMERCIAL CHART MIGHT CORRECT THIS ERROR FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. A SMALLER WIDTH OR USE OF X'S WOULD HELP. THE DEPICTION ON THE COMMERCIAL CHART AND THE TXWY WIDTH WITH NORMAL SIGNAGE CAN BE MISLEADING. IN THE FUTURE I WILL SPEND MORE TIME READING THE FINE PRINT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.