First officer of wide body aircraft reports taxiway excursion after landing runway 6R at lax and tur...

Narrative:

After landing lax runway 6R; given instructions to follow behind a another wide body aircraft on taxiway east. We exited runway 6R at high speed taxiway Y. While exiting on taxiway Y I had my head inside the cockpit completing the after landing checklist. When I looked back up I noticed our aircraft was very close to taxiway lights on my side of the aircraft which the captain also saw and immediately steered away from the lights. The intersection of taxiway Y and east is poorly lit and because of taxiway closures we were required to make a 135 degree turn from the high speed to the taxiway. When we arrived at the gate the captain called lax ground and requested that an airport vehicle check for possible light damage. A few minutes later ground confirmed that there was damage to a taxiway light and a sign. Maintenance and I checked the landing gear and found no damage to the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: First Officer of wide body aircraft reports taxiway excursion after landing Runway 6R at LAX and turning westbound on Taxiway E from Taxiway Y. Damage to a taxiway light and sign occur during the excursion. Poor lighting and taxiway closures due to construction are cited as contributing factors.

Narrative: After landing LAX Runway 6R; given instructions to follow behind a another wide body aircraft on Taxiway E. We exited Runway 6R at high speed Taxiway Y. While exiting on Taxiway Y I had my head inside the cockpit completing the after landing checklist. When I looked back up I noticed our aircraft was very close to taxiway lights on my side of the aircraft which the Captain also saw and immediately steered away from the lights. The intersection of Taxiway Y and E is poorly lit and because of taxiway closures we were required to make a 135 degree turn from the high speed to the taxiway. When we arrived at the gate the Captain called LAX Ground and requested that an airport vehicle check for possible light damage. A few minutes later ground confirmed that there was damage to a taxiway light and a sign. Maintenance and I checked the landing gear and found no damage to the aircraft.

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	942958
Time
Date	201103
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 137 Flight Crew Total 8776 Flight Crew Type 2141
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Taxiway

First officer of wide body aircraft reports taxiway excursion after landing runway 6R at lax and turning westbound on taxiway east from taxiway Y. Damage to a taxiway light and sign occur during the excursion. Poor lighting and taxiway closures due to construction are cited as contributing factors.