AN ACR MLG MISTOOK TXWY EDGE LIGHTS (BLUE) FOR TXWY CTRLINE LIGHTS (GREEN) AND TAXIED INTO THE WEEDS.

Date: 1993-10 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence|other-runway-or-taxiway-excursion|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AN ACR MLG MISTOOK TXWY EDGE LIGHTS (BLUE) FOR TXWY CTRLINE LIGHTS (GREEN) AND TAXIED INTO THE WEEDS.

Narrative

ON LNDG ROLL ENCOUNTERED VERY LOW VISIBILITY FOG BANK LAST 1/3 OF RWY 23R AT TYS. I DISCUSSED LOWER THAN RPTED VISIBILITY TO TYS TWR AS ARPT WAS RPTING 3 MI AND ANOTHER ACFT WAS COMMENCING APCH TO 23R. I ROLLED ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF 23R AND WAS SLOW; TO VERY SLOW; TAXI SPD DUE TO ALMOST 0/0 VISIBILITY. I COULD SEE THE B1 TXWY THROAT AND APPARENTLY THE TXWY EDGE LIGHTS WITH THE REFLECTION OF THE TAXI LIGHT AND FOG APPEARED GREEN RATHER THAN BLUE. I WENT FOR THE LIGHTS OUT OF THE HABIT OF FOLLOWING GREEN TXWY CTRLINE LIGHTS AND RAN THE NOSEWHEEL AND L MAIN GEAR THROUGH THE GRASS ON THE EDGE OF THE TXWY THROAT. FORTUNATELY; THE GND WAS DRY AND FIRM AND THE ACFT ROLLED ACROSS THE GRASS AND BACK ONTO THE HARD SURFACE WITHOUT GETTING STUCK. I CALLED THE TWR AND REQUESTED THAT THEY CHK TO SEE IF I HAD RUN OVER ANY TXWY LIGHTS ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T FEEL THE ACFT STRIKE ANY. UPON ARR AT THE GATE; I MADE A LOGBOOK ENTRY AND HAD MAINT CHK THE GEAR. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. I FEEL THIS PHENOMENON OF BLUE LIGHTS APPEARING GREEN SHOULD BE CHKED AND PLTS SHOULD BE CAUTIONED ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY IN VERY LOW VISIBILITY SITS.

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