An air carrier flight crew turned right on taxiway K; thus needing to do a 180 turn to continue on t...

Narrative:

Just prior to taxi to runway 15; ATC informed us to make certain we stay on C. I thought that was an odd clearance until I approached runway 15. It appears the signage is confusing and the taxi lines are extremely faded. As a result; I made a slight turn on K and realized I made a mistake. I notified ATC and they informed us to make a 180 and taxiway C was just to our right along with the hold short lines for runway 15. It looks very simple on the airport diagram; however; where taxiways C and K intercept; it is almost not noticeable. I recommend they repaint the hold short lines and a new taxi sign where K and C intercept just to the right of K. I believe when ATC made the comment to make sure you stay on C; it is now obvious this has happened several times in the past.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew turned right on Taxiway K; thus needing to do a 180 turn to continue on Taxiway C as cleared enroute to 'Runway 15' at BTV.

Narrative: Just prior to taxi to Runway 15; ATC informed us to make certain we stay on C. I thought that was an odd clearance until I approached Runway 15. It appears the signage is confusing and the taxi lines are extremely faded. As a result; I made a slight turn on K and realized I made a mistake. I notified ATC and they informed us to make a 180 and taxiway C was just to our right along with the hold short lines for Runway 15. It looks very simple on the airport diagram; however; where taxiways C and K intercept; it is almost not noticeable. I recommend they repaint the hold short lines and a new taxi sign where K and C intercept just to the right of K. I believe when ATC made the comment to make sure you stay on C; it is now obvious this has happened several times in the past.

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.

Attributes
ACN	878635
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BTV.Airport
State Reference	VT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

An air carrier flight crew turned right on taxiway K; thus needing to do a 180 turn to continue on taxiway C as cleared enroute to 'runway 15' at btv.