Citation Excel (C560XL)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 94; Flight Crew Total 7800; Flight Crew Type 1900
Confusion; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Taxiway
General None Reported / Taken
Airport; Human Factors; Procedure
There was a NOTAM for Taxiway 'A' closure at Palestine; TX. There are no taxiway designations on the Commercial chart airport diagram and there are no taxiway markings on the airport. We landed on Runway 36 and cleared the runway at the end. We started down the taxiway to realize that it was a dead-end where the closure was. Unfortunately the taxiway was not wide enough for a jet aircraft to turn around on. The taxiway should have been closed at the runway end so that aircraft could not enter and be forced to back-taxi to clear the runway. Proper airport markings need to be implemented. Also proper placement of barricades would have prevented this occurrence.
CE560 Captain reports landing on Runway 36 at PSN and; knowing that Taxiway A is NOTAM'ed closed; turning off at the north end to find the taxiway blocked some distance south with no way to turn around. Not only does the airport not have any Taxiway signs; the airport diagrams of both the Commercial and Government charts also lack them.