Narrative:

Cleared runway 22L at lft turned onto taxiway F and started taxiing to the gate. I realized taxiway F was very narrow. I rechked commercial chart page and noticed taxiway F was restr to aircraft below 25000 pounds. Note on commercial page was very small and hard to read. I think a sign at the entrance to taxiway F should be installed and lighted so this does not happen. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states the only other way to get to the terminal area is to taxi on the parallel taxiway between the 2 runways to taxiway B then across the right runway. At night the annotation on the airport diagram is hard to pick up and they were on the taxiway before realizing how narrow it was. His main concern is that a larger aircraft would have its gear off the paved area as they turned onto the taxiway. The DC9-30 gear is narrow enough to remain on the pavement. In addition there are so many new capts coming on line that reporter is concerned this may happen again. Reporter feels there should be a lighted sign at the taxiway entrance to alert flcs to the situation because of the hazard involved. Reporter believes the ground controller noted the error but said nothing as there was not much to do but continue with the taxi.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9-30 FLC TURNS ONTO TXWY NOT STRESSED FOR THEIR WT. IT IS QUITE NARROW AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A TURN AROUND. THEY CONTINUE AND GND DOES NOT COMMENT. THERE IS NO SIGN AND NO LIGHTING AT THIS TXWY. THE ANNOTATION ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM IS NOT EASY TO SIGHT.

Narrative: CLRED RWY 22L AT LFT TURNED ONTO TXWY F AND STARTED TAXIING TO THE GATE. I REALIZED TXWY F WAS VERY NARROW. I RECHKED COMMERCIAL CHART PAGE AND NOTICED TXWY F WAS RESTR TO ACFT BELOW 25000 LBS. NOTE ON COMMERCIAL PAGE WAS VERY SMALL AND HARD TO READ. I THINK A SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE TO TXWY F SHOULD BE INSTALLED AND LIGHTED SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THE ONLY OTHER WAY TO GET TO THE TERMINAL AREA IS TO TAXI ON THE PARALLEL TXWY BTWN THE 2 RWYS TO TXWY B THEN ACROSS THE R RWY. AT NIGHT THE ANNOTATION ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM IS HARD TO PICK UP AND THEY WERE ON THE TXWY BEFORE REALIZING HOW NARROW IT WAS. HIS MAIN CONCERN IS THAT A LARGER ACFT WOULD HAVE ITS GEAR OFF THE PAVED AREA AS THEY TURNED ONTO THE TXWY. THE DC9-30 GEAR IS NARROW ENOUGH TO REMAIN ON THE PAVEMENT. IN ADDITION THERE ARE SO MANY NEW CAPTS COMING ON LINE THAT RPTR IS CONCERNED THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. RPTR FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A LIGHTED SIGN AT THE TXWY ENTRANCE TO ALERT FLCS TO THE SIT BECAUSE OF THE HAZARD INVOLVED. RPTR BELIEVES THE GND CTLR NOTED THE ERROR BUT SAID NOTHING AS THERE WAS NOT MUCH TO DO BUT CONTINUE WITH THE TAXI.

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.