Narrative:

On taxi out to runway 33 at btv, we (aircraft X) were unable to take the runway immediately for takeoff. We were asked to 'pull over to the right' when we were abeam taxiway K to let a small aircraft (aircraft Y) pass. We took the phrase 'to pull over to the right' to mean -- take the taxiway to the end or runway 33. Once we stopped to hold short, we discovered that the taxi diagram indicated on the very bottom that 'K' is closed to aircraft over 68200 pounds. Company's diagram just indicated that taxiway I was unusable. I was aware of txwys I, D, east and F being unusable, but due to the fact that the notice for taxiway K is buried in the airport diagram on the bottom of the page made it very difficult to pick out of the page clutter, especially at night. I would expect ground control to issue me a warning that taxiway K was closed to my type aircraft, but they did not. Also, the wording ground used to ask us to pull over led me to believe the taxiway was ok to use.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FLC TAXI CLR OF DEP POS, UNABLE TO ACCEPT IMMEDIATE TKOF. TWR ADVISES B727 TO 'PULL OVER TO THE R.' THE FLC TAXI ON A TXWY THAT IS NOT STRESSED FOR ACFT WT. FLC IDENTS WT RESTR ONCE ON TXWY, AND WONDERS WHY GND CTL DOES NOT MENTION WT RESTR.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT TO RWY 33 AT BTV, WE (ACFT X) WERE UNABLE TO TAKE THE RWY IMMEDIATELY FOR TKOF. WE WERE ASKED TO 'PULL OVER TO THE R' WHEN WE WERE ABEAM TXWY K TO LET A SMALL ACFT (ACFT Y) PASS. WE TOOK THE PHRASE 'TO PULL OVER TO THE R' TO MEAN -- TAKE THE TXWY TO THE END OR RWY 33. ONCE WE STOPPED TO HOLD SHORT, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE TAXI DIAGRAM INDICATED ON THE VERY BOTTOM THAT 'K' IS CLOSED TO ACFT OVER 68200 LBS. COMPANY'S DIAGRAM JUST INDICATED THAT TXWY I WAS UNUSABLE. I WAS AWARE OF TXWYS I, D, E AND F BEING UNUSABLE, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE NOTICE FOR TXWY K IS BURIED IN THE ARPT DIAGRAM ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PICK OUT OF THE PAGE CLUTTER, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. I WOULD EXPECT GND CTL TO ISSUE ME A WARNING THAT TXWY K WAS CLOSED TO MY TYPE ACFT, BUT THEY DID NOT. ALSO, THE WORDING GND USED TO ASK US TO PULL OVER LED ME TO BELIEVE THE TXWY WAS OK TO USE.

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.