Narrative:

Landing at brownsville, tx, at night after control tower is closed. Turn off runway at end onto parallel taxiway east to proceed to terminal. Found taxiway barricaded. Taxiway is too narrow to complete a 180 degree turn. Use of reverse thrust is prohibited by company flight manual. Company operations at this airport does not have a tug or a tow bar for this aircraft type. No NOTAMS in company dispatch paperwork indicating taxiway closure. Valley approach which worked our arrival had this information but did not mention it during our arrival. Tower is closed and it is now XA30. Had operations get airport authority/authorized out of bed to remove barricades and authority/authorized use of taxiway to terminal. Taxiway was closed due to construction of a drainage ditch over which new concrete had been poured a week earlier but had not been strength tested after curing. Design strength was 177000 pounds and we weighed 98000 pounds. Airport authority/authorized authorized use and we taxied to terminal without further incident. Suggest company include all NOTAMS on release paperwork and position tug and tow bar for this type aircraft at this station.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LANDED AT ARPT AFTER TWR WAS CLOSED, WHEN PLT STARTED TAXI TO TERMINAL, DISCOVERED TXWY ROUTE AHEAD WAS BARRICADED.

Narrative: LNDG AT BROWNSVILLE, TX, AT NIGHT AFTER CTL TWR IS CLOSED. TURN OFF RWY AT END ONTO PARALLEL TXWY E TO PROCEED TO TERMINAL. FOUND TXWY BARRICADED. TXWY IS TOO NARROW TO COMPLETE A 180 DEG TURN. USE OF REVERSE THRUST IS PROHIBITED BY COMPANY FLT MANUAL. COMPANY OPS AT THIS ARPT DOES NOT HAVE A TUG OR A TOW BAR FOR THIS ACFT TYPE. NO NOTAMS IN COMPANY DISPATCH PAPERWORK INDICATING TXWY CLOSURE. VALLEY APCH WHICH WORKED OUR ARR HAD THIS INFO BUT DID NOT MENTION IT DURING OUR ARR. TWR IS CLOSED AND IT IS NOW XA30. HAD OPS GET ARPT AUTH OUT OF BED TO REMOVE BARRICADES AND AUTH USE OF TXWY TO TERMINAL. TXWY WAS CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF A DRAINAGE DITCH OVER WHICH NEW CONCRETE HAD BEEN POURED A WK EARLIER BUT HAD NOT BEEN STRENGTH TESTED AFTER CURING. DESIGN STRENGTH WAS 177000 LBS AND WE WEIGHED 98000 LBS. ARPT AUTH AUTHORIZED USE AND WE TAXIED TO TERMINAL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUGGEST COMPANY INCLUDE ALL NOTAMS ON RELEASE PAPERWORK AND POS TUG AND TOW BAR FOR THIS TYPE ACFT AT THIS STATION.

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.