<< >> NASA ASRS Report 961940, July 2011

A taxiway incursion occurred after landing at iad due to confusion and lack of NOTAM's or ATIS information concerning taxiway closures.

Attributes
ACN	961940
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	IAD.Tower
State Reference	DC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 11500 Flight Crew Type 4000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 7600
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Ground Excursion Taxiway

Narrative:

Tower controller cleared us to land 1C at iad and advised us to plan our runway exit at Y2 since all other high speed taxiways were closed. This fact was not NOTAM'ed or advertised on ATIS a. After landing we exited Y2 and were advised to transition to taxiway Z. On taxiway Y2 I did not see the straight ahead transition on Y2 to Z (probably because I was in the small right pad area where Y2 high speed meets Y and my taxi beam did not show the offset Y2 to my left); but saw the slight turn right on Y and thought our clearance was to 'transition' to Z; so I taxied on Y between Y2 and Y3 and then transitioned to Z. The ground controller then informed us we were on a closed portion of y-not notamed; not ATIS advertised and not marked in any way (barricades or paint). Need some kind of visual clue of taxiway closures.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A taxiway incursion occurred after landing at IAD due to confusion and lack of NOTAM's or ATIS information concerning taxiway closures.

Narrative: Tower Controller cleared us to land 1C at IAD and advised us to plan our runway exit at Y2 since all other high speed taxiways were closed. This fact was not NOTAM'ed or advertised on ATIS A. After landing we exited Y2 and were advised to transition to Taxiway Z. On Taxiway Y2 I did not see the straight ahead transition on Y2 to Z (probably because I was in the small right pad area where Y2 high speed meets Y and my taxi beam did not show the offset Y2 to my left); but saw the slight turn right on Y and thought our clearance was to 'transition' to Z; so I taxied on Y between Y2 and Y3 and then transitioned to Z. The Ground Controller then informed us we were on a closed portion of Y-not NOTAMed; not ATIS advertised and not marked in any way (barricades or paint). Need some kind of visual clue of taxiway closures.

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.