Air carrier crew taxies onto ramp restr by taxi note at pvd.

Attributes
ACN	419000
Time
Date	199810
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pvd
State Reference	RI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : eug
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	419000
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

A poorly worded taxi note on the airport diagram page 10-9 led to a crew discussion about the use of the ramp at the departure end of runway 5R at providence. We consulted ground control about its use, at which point we were misled into using that portion of the ramp to taxi. Later investigation revealed that the ramp is limited to aircraft with wing span and weight restrs which our aircraft exceeded. The taxi was completed without incident. Signage and a more clearly marked taxi diagram, and a ground control more knowledgeable about the restr would help to avoid this situation, especially in low visibility operations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CREW TAXIES ONTO RAMP RESTR BY TAXI NOTE AT PVD.

Narrative: A POORLY WORDED TAXI NOTE ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM PAGE 10-9 LED TO A CREW DISCUSSION ABOUT THE USE OF THE RAMP AT THE DEP END OF RWY 5R AT PROVIDENCE. WE CONSULTED GND CTL ABOUT ITS USE, AT WHICH POINT WE WERE MISLED INTO USING THAT PORTION OF THE RAMP TO TAXI. LATER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RAMP IS LIMITED TO ACFT WITH WING SPAN AND WT RESTRS WHICH OUR ACFT EXCEEDED. THE TAXI WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SIGNAGE AND A MORE CLRLY MARKED TAXI DIAGRAM, AND A GND CTL MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE RESTR WOULD HELP TO AVOID THIS SIT, ESPECIALLY IN LOW VISIBILITY OPS.

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.