<< >> NASA ASRS Report 984839, December 2011

An air carrier captain noted that the east side taxiway east lights between E12 and V4 are out and may lead to a taxiway excursion at night or in low visibility.

Attributes
ACN	984839
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.TRACON
State Reference	NC
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 19000
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Clt airport: the taxi lighting on the east side of taxiway east; between taxiways E14 and V4; has a large gap of three taxiway edge lights missing. At night; this gap is very misleading; and it almost appears as if were an opening to the main apron. The airport authority should string a row of the missing blue edge lights as soon as possible; to enhance safety.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Captain noted that the east side Taxiway E lights between E12 and V4 are out and may lead to a taxiway excursion at night or in low visibility.

Narrative: CLT Airport: The taxi lighting on the east side of Taxiway E; between Taxiways E14 and V4; has a large gap of three taxiway edge lights missing. At night; this gap is very misleading; and it almost appears as if were an opening to the main apron. The airport authority should string a row of the missing blue edge lights as soon as possible; to enhance safety.

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.