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Atlas / ASRS / ACN 2017436

NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System

BNA Tower Controller reported an aircraft stopped on the runway after confusing two unmarked access roads for possible taxiways causing another aircraft on final approach to go around. The Controller stated this is a common occurrence with these unmarked access roads.

ACN 2017436 2023-07 Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng Runway Incursions
LandingFinal ApproachPart 121

What is ASRS?

The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.

Pilot narrative

Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time); anonymization placeholders are ZZZ, X, Y.

Aircraft X was rolling out after landing Runway 20L. He came to a complete stop on the runway next to two "access roads" that many aircraft continually confuse with taxiways. This caused Aircraft Y to have to go around since Aircraft X came to a complete stop and had another 2000 ft.+ to go before he came to an actual taxiway. This is not the first instance that this has happened. Numerous aircraft confuse these access roads with taxiways ever since the airport re-did the runways and put in these roads. I have seen it at least 10-15 times since they put in these roads. They need to have updated markings, painted a different color, something that can be easily identified to pilots that they are not taxiways.

NASA classification — Anomalies

  • ATC Issue
  • Conflict
  • Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural
  • Ground Incursion

NASA classification — Assessments

Contributing Factors / Situations
Airport · Human Factors
Primary Problem
Airport

ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.