<< >> NASA ASRS Report 867382, January 2010

An air carrier crew on taxiway D nearly missed transitioning to taxiway G while taxiing to runway 35R claiming the intersection is not clearly defined at night.

Attributes
ACN	867382
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SDF.Airport
State Reference	KY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 3 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Type 8364
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

Taxi to runway 35R via mike-golf-delta. Slight overshoot of delta. Stopped aircraft and executed a 150 degree right turn and joined delta. Continued taxi to runway 35R. Ground controller confirmed 'hold short of runway 35R.' remainder of flight uneventful. Lighting and markings of the golf delta/runway 35R intersection are inadequate. If we had not seen the aircraft on runway 35R; I probably would have crossed the hold short line and experienced an incursion.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier crew on Taxiway D nearly missed transitioning to Taxiway G while taxiing to Runway 35R claiming the intersection is not clearly defined at night.

Narrative: Taxi to Runway 35R via Mike-Golf-Delta. Slight overshoot of Delta. Stopped aircraft and executed a 150 degree right turn and joined Delta. Continued taxi to Runway 35R. Ground Controller confirmed 'hold short of Runway 35R.' Remainder of flight uneventful. Lighting and markings of the Golf Delta/Runway 35R Intersection are inadequate. If we had not seen the aircraft on Runway 35R; I probably would have crossed the hold short line and experienced an incursion.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.