Cpr small transport flight crew taxies through apparently closed portion of ramp at bdr.

Attributes
ACN	163134
Time
Date	199011
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdr
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 2480 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	163134
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Taxied across unusable part of ramp, the ramp was dark and I did not notice it was unusable until I was on it. It needs to be better lighted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CPR SMT FLC TAXIES THROUGH APPARENTLY CLOSED PORTION OF RAMP AT BDR.

Narrative: TAXIED ACROSS UNUSABLE PART OF RAMP, THE RAMP WAS DARK AND I DID NOT NOTICE IT WAS UNUSABLE UNTIL I WAS ON IT. IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER LIGHTED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.