RWY TRANSGRESSION DUE TO POOR SIGNAGE.

Date: 1993-08 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear

Anomalies: ground-incursion-runway|other-unspecified

Synopsis

RWY TRANSGRESSION DUE TO POOR SIGNAGE.

Narrative

WHEN CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 22; I INADVERTENTLY CROSSED RWY 22 BECAUSE I DID NOT REALIZE THE LOCATION OF THE RWY. I HAD ASKED THE GND CTLR FOR DIRECTIONS TO TAXI. HE INSTRUCTED ME TO USE TXWY N. I DID; BUT DID NOT HOLD BEFORE THE RWY. THERE WAS NO RWY 22 SIGN. THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AT CALDWELL. I SUGGEST THE TXWYS BE MARKED APPROPRIATELY. THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC AT THE ARPT AT THE TIME. WHILE I'M AT IT; I'D LIKE TO RPT A SIT WHICH IS DANGEROUS. THE PARKING RAMP BEHIND THE OLD HANGAR HAS YELLOW TXWY MARKING WHICH IF FOLLOWED; WILL CAUSE A COLLISION. THIS IS BECAUSE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS WERE ALLOWED WITHOUT CHANGING THE TAXI MARKINGS. THE 'NEW' ACFT PARKING SPOTS ARE LOCATED IN THE TAXI PATH OF THE YELLOW TAXI LINE. THIS SIT HAS EXISTED FOR AT LEAST 2 YRS; POSSIBLY MORE. EVERY TIME I TAXI THERE AT NIGHT I AM REMINDED OF THE HAZARD. THE HANGAR AT WHICH THIS SIT EXISTS WILL BE TORN DOWN VERY SOON; SO THE SIT WILL BE CORRECTED AT THAT TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT HANGAR WILL BE TORN DOWN WITHIN THE MONTH; SO THAT WILL NO LONGER BE A PROB. RPTR COMPLAINS THAT TXWY MARKINGS GENERALLY ARE TERRIBLE. LOTS OF RENOVATING GOING ON AT ARPT AND WILL PROBABLY BE FINE EVENTUALLY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME; ARPT NEEDS TO KEEP SIGNAGE CURRENT. IT IS DIFFERENT EVERY TIME HE GOES IN THERE. ALSO STATES BEACON IS EXTREMELY DIM AND ARPT HARD TO LOCATE.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.