Narrative:

Boston WX was VFR and the tower was in the process of changing runways and changing controllers. On short final to runway 27 boston tower requested that after landing exit at taxiway echo if unable then exit at the end. Approach speed was normal and we landed in the touchdown zone. I slowed the aircraft to approximately 30 KTS at taxiway echo but I did not feel comfortable making the turn at that speed. We continued our taxi toward the end. Boston tower instructed us to expedite to the end traffic on a 1/2 mi final. As we approached the stopway no further instructions were issued. I slowed approaching the last taxiway, the tower instructed us to turn right. After exiting the runway I was instructed to call the tower. I was then informed that I was not supposed to taxi onto the stopway. I told the area manager that the controller instructed me to taxi to the end and turn off. That clearance authorized me to operate on the stopway. Reference 10-9 bos and company flight manual bos. The stopway has intersecting runways and taxiways for use by aircraft when authorized by the control tower. The tower manager then said we may have led you into this. We did exactly what we were told to do by the tower. If the tower did not want us to operate on the stopway then a better clearance would have been if unable taxiway echo then exit at sierra short of the stopway. Don't say exit at the end, because the stopway is the same width as the runway and it has intersecting runways and taxiways. Inside the final approach fix and during landing rollout is not a good time to issue further restrictive ATC instructions because the flight crew is concentrating on making callouts and safely stopping the aircraft. If a controller wanted an aircraft to exit the runway as soon as possible then follow the taxiing aircraft down the runway and instruct it to turn off at the next intersection.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT CONTINUED LNDG ROLL ONTO STOPWAY INSTEAD OF EXITING THE RWY AT THE END AS CLRED.

Narrative: BOSTON WX WAS VFR AND THE TWR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING RWYS AND CHANGING CTLRS. ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 27 BOSTON TWR REQUESTED THAT AFTER LNDG EXIT AT TAXIWAY ECHO IF UNABLE THEN EXIT AT THE END. APCH SPD WAS NORMAL AND WE LANDED IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. I SLOWED THE ACFT TO APPROX 30 KTS AT TAXIWAY ECHO BUT I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING THE TURN AT THAT SPD. WE CONTINUED OUR TAXI TOWARD THE END. BOSTON TWR INSTRUCTED US TO EXPEDITE TO THE END TFC ON A 1/2 MI FINAL. AS WE APCHED THE STOPWAY NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WERE ISSUED. I SLOWED APCHING THE LAST TAXIWAY, THE TWR INSTRUCTED US TO TURN R. AFTER EXITING THE RWY I WAS INSTRUCTED TO CALL THE TWR. I WAS THEN INFORMED THAT I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO TAXI ONTO THE STOPWAY. I TOLD THE AREA MGR THAT THE CTLR INSTRUCTED ME TO TAXI TO THE END AND TURN OFF. THAT CLRNC AUTHORIZED ME TO OPERATE ON THE STOPWAY. REF 10-9 BOS AND COMPANY FLT MANUAL BOS. THE STOPWAY HAS INTERSECTING RWYS AND TAXIWAYS FOR USE BY ACFT WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CTL TWR. THE TWR MGR THEN SAID WE MAY HAVE LED YOU INTO THIS. WE DID EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TOLD TO DO BY THE TWR. IF THE TWR DID NOT WANT US TO OPERATE ON THE STOPWAY THEN A BETTER CLRNC WOULD HAVE BEEN IF UNABLE TAXIWAY ECHO THEN EXIT AT SIERRA SHORT OF THE STOPWAY. DON'T SAY EXIT AT THE END, BECAUSE THE STOPWAY IS THE SAME WIDTH AS THE RWY AND IT HAS INTERSECTING RWYS AND TAXIWAYS. INSIDE THE FINAL APCH FIX AND DURING LNDG ROLLOUT IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO ISSUE FURTHER RESTRICTIVE ATC INSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE THE FLC IS CONCENTRATING ON MAKING CALLOUTS AND SAFELY STOPPING THE ACFT. IF A CTLR WANTED AN ACFT TO EXIT THE RWY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEN FOLLOW THE TAXIING ACFT DOWN THE RWY AND INSTRUCT IT TO TURN OFF AT THE NEXT INTXN.

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.