<< >> NASA ASRS Report 998004, March 2012

Air carrier captain describes the rjaa/nrt commercial chart 20-9C-1 as being very complex and difficult to interpret.

Attributes
ACN	998004
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	RJAA.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aero Charts
Person 1
Function	Captain Check Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Nrt has a taxi page 20-9C-1. This diagram is so cluttered it is rendered unusable for flight deck use. It is even unusable if you are sitting still on the ground or in preflight. It is too complicated; small; and should be removed. If the info needs to be published it should be in a format that a flight crew can use at night while taxiing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Captain describes the RJAA/NRT commercial chart 20-9C-1 as being very complex and difficult to interpret.

Narrative: NRT has a taxi page 20-9C-1. This diagram is so cluttered it is rendered unusable for flight deck use. It is even unusable if you are sitting still on the ground or in preflight. It is too complicated; small; and should be removed. If the info needs to be published it should be in a format that a flight crew can use at night while taxiing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.