B737-300 crew used reverse high speed turnoff exiting runway 8-26 at iah.

Attributes
ACN	500020
Time
Date	200010
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi landing : roll landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	500020
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On landing rollout, turned off runway 26 using the reverse high speed turnoff. The tower controller told us to turn off the runway to the left. After initiating the turn, the ground controller informed us that turnoffs on reverse high speeds are prohibited. We looked closely at our ground chart and found a small box at the bottom right corner that stated 'reverse high speed turnoffs on runway 8/26 prohibited.' this note was not noticed by us since it was at the bottom of the chart. The note should have been at the top of the chart by the runway 8/26 runway depiction. The note also should have been on our airline's custom tailored chart for arrival considerations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 CREW USED REVERSE HIGH SPD TURNOFF EXITING RWY 8-26 AT IAH.

Narrative: ON LNDG ROLLOUT, TURNED OFF RWY 26 USING THE REVERSE HIGH SPD TURNOFF. THE TWR CTLR TOLD US TO TURN OFF THE RWY TO THE L. AFTER INITIATING THE TURN, THE GND CTLR INFORMED US THAT TURNOFFS ON REVERSE HIGH SPDS ARE PROHIBITED. WE LOOKED CLOSELY AT OUR GND CHART AND FOUND A SMALL BOX AT THE BOTTOM R CORNER THAT STATED 'REVERSE HIGH SPD TURNOFFS ON RWY 8/26 PROHIBITED.' THIS NOTE WAS NOT NOTICED BY US SINCE IT WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART. THE NOTE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE CHART BY THE RWY 8/26 RWY DEPICTION. THE NOTE ALSO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON OUR AIRLINE'S CUSTOM TAILORED CHART FOR ARR CONSIDERATIONS.

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.