Flight crew inadvertently taxied onto controled area without ATC clearance.

Attributes
ACN	293886
Time
Date	199501
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker BV 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	293886
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

While departing gate at dfw we started engines and were told by ramp tower to taxi via taxiway el and contact his end. We were approaching our spot when ground control told us that we were taxiing onto a ground controled taxiway. There were no ramp markings to indicate this and the terminology used to differentiate this procedure is too vague. Taxiway ek is similar in design to taxiway el, however, we use standard procedures for those hold points. I would recommend that either the terminology used by the ramp tower be more specific and/or that the note pages be revised to more clearly indicate the proper procedure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC INADVERTENTLY TAXIED ONTO CTLED AREA WITHOUT ATC CLRNC.

Narrative: WHILE DEPARTING GATE AT DFW WE STARTED ENGS AND WERE TOLD BY RAMP TWR TO TAXI VIA TXWY EL AND CONTACT HIS END. WE WERE APCHING OUR SPOT WHEN GND CTL TOLD US THAT WE WERE TAXIING ONTO A GND CTLED TXWY. THERE WERE NO RAMP MARKINGS TO INDICATE THIS AND THE TERMINOLOGY USED TO DIFFERENTIATE THIS PROC IS TOO VAGUE. TXWY EK IS SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO TXWY EL, HOWEVER, WE USE STANDARD PROCS FOR THOSE HOLD POINTS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT EITHER THE TERMINOLOGY USED BY THE RAMP TWR BE MORE SPECIFIC AND/OR THAT THE NOTE PAGES BE REVISED TO MORE CLRLY INDICATE THE PROPER PROC.

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.