Flight crew used unauthorized taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	293190
Time
Date	199501
Day	Sat
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pit
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	293190
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	293191
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

On landing runway 26 at iah, we had decelerated to the point that we could either use high speed taxiway or reverse high speed taxiway. Taxiway led right to our ramp, but I thought there might be a prohibition from doing this. I thought I had seen the prohibition before from a previous (probably a yr ago) flight but I was not sure. I quickly looked at 70-8Y and there. I also quickly looked at the commercial publication airport pages and did not see it there. So I took taxiway directly to the ramp. On gate arrival I finally found the note on 70-9 in the upper left corner printed vertically. It was not the easiest note to find, but I should have followed my instincts, asked the tower, or at least studied all the small print prior to landing. Next time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC USED UNAUTH TXWY.

Narrative: ON LNDG RWY 26 AT IAH, WE HAD DECELERATED TO THE POINT THAT WE COULD EITHER USE HIGH SPD TXWY OR REVERSE HIGH SPD TXWY. TXWY LED RIGHT TO OUR RAMP, BUT I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A PROHIBITION FROM DOING THIS. I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN THE PROHIBITION BEFORE FROM A PREVIOUS (PROBABLY A YR AGO) FLT BUT I WAS NOT SURE. I QUICKLY LOOKED AT 70-8Y AND THERE. I ALSO QUICKLY LOOKED AT THE COMMERCIAL PUB ARPT PAGES AND DID NOT SEE IT THERE. SO I TOOK TXWY DIRECTLY TO THE RAMP. ON GATE ARR I FINALLY FOUND THE NOTE ON 70-9 IN THE UPPER L CORNER PRINTED VERTLY. IT WAS NOT THE EASIEST NOTE TO FIND, BUT I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED MY INSTINCTS, ASKED THE TWR, OR AT LEAST STUDIED ALL THE SMALL PRINT PRIOR TO LNDG. NEXT TIME.

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.