Air carrier medium large transport taxied on a taxiway that was weight limited. When discovered it was too late to turn around, so PIC continued to departure runway.

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Attributes
ACN	165126
Time
Date	199012
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : grr
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	165126
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 360
ASRS Report	165320
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After given taxi instructions ('taxi to runway'), I began checklists and captain taxied onto taxiway B & V. As he taxied on, he realized the taxiway looked small and questioned whether we should be on it. At that point it was too late to turn around. Chart said taxiway only stressed to 40000#! Ground controller said nothing. In hindsight, we should have read this note before we began taxiing. (First time at airport for captain.)

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TAXIED ON A TXWY THAT WAS WEIGHT LIMITED. WHEN DISCOVERED IT WAS TOO LATE TO TURN AROUND, SO PIC CONTINUED TO DEP RWY.

Narrative: AFTER GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS ('TAXI TO RWY'), I BEGAN CHKLISTS AND CAPT TAXIED ONTO TXWY B & V. AS HE TAXIED ON, HE REALIZED THE TXWY LOOKED SMALL AND QUESTIONED WHETHER WE SHOULD BE ON IT. AT THAT POINT IT WAS TOO LATE TO TURN AROUND. CHART SAID TXWY ONLY STRESSED TO 40000#! GND CTLR SAID NOTHING. IN HINDSIGHT, WE SHOULD HAVE READ THIS NOTE BEFORE WE BEGAN TAXIING. (FIRST TIME AT ARPT FOR CAPT.)

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.