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An air carrier captain reported that the runway 28 red identifier numbers painted at the M7 ground hold short line are worn and hard to see.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 869862 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201001 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
At the approach end of runway 28 at ord on taxiway M7; the red runway identifiers that are painted on the ground short of the hold line are so worn that they are hard to see. With contaminates on the ground; pilots may not observe this critical marking on one of ord's busiest runways.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier Captain reported that the Runway 28 Red Identifier numbers painted at the M7 ground hold short line are worn and hard to see.
Narrative: At the approach end of Runway 28 at ORD on Taxiway M7; the Red runway identifiers that are painted on the ground short of the hold line are so worn that they are hard to see. With contaminates on the ground; pilots may not observe this critical marking on one of ORD's busiest runways.
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.