Captain of air carrier widebody transport aircraft inadvertently taxied on a closed taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	212139
Time
Date	199206
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sea
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	212139
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departing sea for atl. Copilot listened to ATIS and got ATC clearance. After pushback ground told us to taxi to 16L for takeoff. No taxi route specified. Got part way up taxiway 'B' when ground said that north end of 'B' was closed. Had to make 180 degree turn -- taxi south -- and then transition to taxiway 'a' to takeoff end of 16L. All this was done with no problems but not very professional. Copilot then remembered that ATIS had mentioned north end of 'B' being closed. I had checked NOTAMS for sea -- nothing about closed taxiway B -- but depended on copilot to listen to ATIS. Moral of story - - you want it done right, do it yourself. Don't depend on anyone else.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF ACR WDB ACFT INADVERTENTLY TAXIED ON A CLOSED TAXIWAY.

Narrative: DEPARTING SEA FOR ATL. COPLT LISTENED TO ATIS AND GOT ATC CLRNC. AFTER PUSHBACK GND TOLD US TO TAXI TO 16L FOR TKOF. NO TAXI RTE SPECIFIED. GOT PART WAY UP TAXIWAY 'B' WHEN GND SAID THAT N END OF 'B' WAS CLOSED. HAD TO MAKE 180 DEG TURN -- TAXI S -- AND THEN TRANSITION TO TAXIWAY 'A' TO TKOF END OF 16L. ALL THIS WAS DONE WITH NO PROBLEMS BUT NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL. COPLT THEN REMEMBERED THAT ATIS HAD MENTIONED N END OF 'B' BEING CLOSED. I HAD CHKED NOTAMS FOR SEA -- NOTHING ABOUT CLOSED TAXIWAY B -- BUT DEPENDED ON COPLT TO LISTEN TO ATIS. MORAL OF STORY - - YOU WANT IT DONE RIGHT, DO IT YOURSELF. DON'T DEPEND ON ANYONE ELSE.

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.