B727 flight crew is chastised for turning onto taxiway leading to runway to which they were cleared.

Attributes
ACN	335140
Time
Date	199605
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 4200
ASRS Report	335140
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We were cleared to taxi from spot X to runway 36R via taxiway south. Lots of WX and delays in the area so frequency was very congested. We taxied down taxiway south and turned on taxiway S5 to taxiway T just like everyone else. Ground control yelled at us once we got to taxiway T that we should have held short of taxiway S5. We were under the impression that if we were cleared to runway 36R we were cleared to taxi there unless a specific hold short instruction had been given, as long as we did not cross runway 36R. More specific taxi instructions should be required at busy airports.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FLC IS CHASTISED FOR TURNING ONTO TXWY LEADING TO RWY TO WHICH THEY WERE CLRED.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI FROM SPOT X TO RWY 36R VIA TXWY S. LOTS OF WX AND DELAYS IN THE AREA SO FREQ WAS VERY CONGESTED. WE TAXIED DOWN TXWY S AND TURNED ON TXWY S5 TO TXWY T JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. GND CTL YELLED AT US ONCE WE GOT TO TXWY T THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HELD SHORT OF TXWY S5. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF WE WERE CLRED TO RWY 36R WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI THERE UNLESS A SPECIFIC HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTION HAD BEEN GIVEN, AS LONG AS WE DID NOT CROSS RWY 36R. MORE SPECIFIC TAXI INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE REQUIRED AT BUSY ARPTS.

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.