Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft taxied on taxiway not approved for air...

Attributes
ACN	253524
Time
Date	199310
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fwa
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	253524
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared to taxi from the gate to runway 32 at fwa. We taxied down taxiway Y to taxiway Y6 and were cleared for takeoff. We realized taxiway Y6 is closed to aircraft our size after we were on the taxiway due to the position of the sign. It was too late after we saw the sign to stop. Also, the note on the commercial chart page is easy to miss since it is combined with a note for other txwys. It had been a long time since either crew member had been into fwa. The situation could have been avoided if ground control had issued a warning upon issuing clearance, or if a better visual indication was available.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG ACR ACFT TAXIED ON TXWY NOT APPROVED FOR ACFT WT.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI FROM THE GATE TO RWY 32 AT FWA. WE TAXIED DOWN TXWY Y TO TXWY Y6 AND WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. WE REALIZED TXWY Y6 IS CLOSED TO ACFT OUR SIZE AFTER WE WERE ON THE TXWY DUE TO THE POS OF THE SIGN. IT WAS TOO LATE AFTER WE SAW THE SIGN TO STOP. ALSO, THE NOTE ON THE COMMERCIAL CHART PAGE IS EASY TO MISS SINCE IT IS COMBINED WITH A NOTE FOR OTHER TXWYS. IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE EITHER CREW MEMBER HAD BEEN INTO FWA. THE SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF GND CTL HAD ISSUED A WARNING UPON ISSUING CLRNC, OR IF A BETTER VISUAL INDICATION WAS AVAILABLE.

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.

Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft taxied on taxiway not approved for aircraft weight.