Carj crew cleared runway via a reverse high speed turnoff, which was prohibited.

Attributes
ACN	502971
Time
Date	200102
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 2653
ASRS Report	502971
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	502574
Events
Anomaly	incursion : taxiway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After clearing runway 8 on reverse high speed, told by ground this was prohibited by the airport authority/authorized. At the gate we found the note pertaining to this embedded in the airport diagram page. We failed to read all the notes on this page. Doing so would have kept us from any reprimand from ground control. After the discussion about the high speed, we received taxi instructions to the gate. We proceeded via our normal route to the gate. Later we were informed that we had gone the wrong way, but that it was not a problem. Looking back at this, I feel the causes were: failure to listen clearly and habit of taxiing via the same route to the gate. Better vigilance listening to the taxi route would have prevented this situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARJ CREW CLRED RWY VIA A REVERSE HIGH SPD TURNOFF, WHICH WAS PROHIBITED.

Narrative: AFTER CLRING RWY 8 ON REVERSE HIGH SPD, TOLD BY GND THIS WAS PROHIBITED BY THE ARPT AUTH. AT THE GATE WE FOUND THE NOTE PERTAINING TO THIS EMBEDDED IN THE ARPT DIAGRAM PAGE. WE FAILED TO READ ALL THE NOTES ON THIS PAGE. DOING SO WOULD HAVE KEPT US FROM ANY REPRIMAND FROM GND CTL. AFTER THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HIGH SPD, WE RECEIVED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO THE GATE. WE PROCEEDED VIA OUR NORMAL RTE TO THE GATE. LATER WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE HAD GONE THE WRONG WAY, BUT THAT IT WAS NOT A PROB. LOOKING BACK AT THIS, I FEEL THE CAUSES WERE: FAILURE TO LISTEN CLRLY AND HABIT OF TAXIING VIA THE SAME RTE TO THE GATE. BETTER VIGILANCE LISTENING TO THE TAXI RTE WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS SIT.

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.