Narrative:

After a normal preflight check, start-up and power-up, flight was instructed to taxi to runway 26L at grr. I immediately proceeded to taxi toward taxiway V. En route to taxiway V both first officer and I shared reservations about this being the correct routing to runway 26L. First officer advised me as we approached the mouth of the taxiway V that it was stressed for only 40000#. I stopped the aircraft smoothly on the ramp and he and I decided we had adequate room to swing the aircraft to the right and make a 180 degree turn. About 75 degrees through the turn first officer said I don't think we'll make it. As I tried to stop the aircraft the right main skidded a bit over, probably on one of the patches of ice on that portion of the ramp. It appears to me and was brought to my attention by poi of grr FAA that with the exception of that brief skid, we'd have made it--but we did not. The nose wheel overshot the edge of the cement ramp by about its own width. The aircraft came to a soft stop. The passenger were taken off the aircraft with the airstair truck west/O incident. At about the same time we came to a stop we were advised by ground control that taxiway V was not available. Taxiway V is not marked with any weight restriction signs. The only apparent damage to the aircraft was, as of this writing (before maintenance arrived), to the nose wheel spray deflector. Along with forwarding copies of these reports to our pit FAA, would you please see that a copy goes to grr fdo. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: during callback conversation to advise the reporter that ASRS does not forward any of our reports that would still have an identify, the reporter said that flight crews never read or look at the 11-1 airport pages and therein lies the problem. Reporter went on to say he is on a campaign about runway markings and that is a positive endeavor, however requesting weight information on a runway sign seems redundant.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TXWY EXCURSION TRYING TO TURN AROUND ON A TXWY THAT WAS WEIGHT LIMITED.

Narrative: AFTER A NORMAL PREFLT CHK, START-UP AND PWR-UP, FLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 26L AT GRR. I IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED TO TAXI TOWARD TXWY V. ENRTE TO TXWY V BOTH F/O AND I SHARED RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS BEING THE CORRECT RTING TO RWY 26L. F/O ADVISED ME AS WE APCHED THE MOUTH OF THE TXWY V THAT IT WAS STRESSED FOR ONLY 40000#. I STOPPED THE ACFT SMOOTHLY ON THE RAMP AND HE AND I DECIDED WE HAD ADEQUATE ROOM TO SWING THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT AND MAKE A 180 DEG TURN. ABOUT 75 DEGS THROUGH THE TURN F/O SAID I DON'T THINK WE'LL MAKE IT. AS I TRIED TO STOP THE ACFT THE RIGHT MAIN SKIDDED A BIT OVER, PROBABLY ON ONE OF THE PATCHES OF ICE ON THAT PORTION OF THE RAMP. IT APPEARS TO ME AND WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN BY POI OF GRR FAA THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT BRIEF SKID, WE'D HAVE MADE IT--BUT WE DID NOT. THE NOSE WHEEL OVERSHOT THE EDGE OF THE CEMENT RAMP BY ABOUT ITS OWN WIDTH. THE ACFT CAME TO A SOFT STOP. THE PAX WERE TAKEN OFF THE ACFT WITH THE AIRSTAIR TRUCK W/O INCIDENT. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE CAME TO A STOP WE WERE ADVISED BY GND CTL THAT TXWY V WAS NOT AVAILABLE. TXWY V IS NOT MARKED WITH ANY WT RESTRICTION SIGNS. THE ONLY APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS, AS OF THIS WRITING (BEFORE MAINT ARRIVED), TO THE NOSE WHEEL SPRAY DEFLECTOR. ALONG WITH FORWARDING COPIES OF THESE RPTS TO OUR PIT FAA, WOULD YOU PLEASE SEE THAT A COPY GOES TO GRR FDO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: DURING CALLBACK CONVERSATION TO ADVISE THE RPTR THAT ASRS DOES NOT FORWARD ANY OF OUR RPTS THAT WOULD STILL HAVE AN IDENT, THE RPTR SAID THAT FLT CREWS NEVER READ OR LOOK AT THE 11-1 ARPT PAGES AND THEREIN LIES THE PROB. RPTR WENT ON TO SAY HE IS ON A CAMPAIGN ABOUT RWY MARKINGS AND THAT IS A POSITIVE ENDEAVOR, HOWEVER REQUESTING WT INFO ON A RWY SIGN SEEMS REDUNDANT.

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.