B767 crew, taxiing to the gate at kdfw, entered the ramp at a point closed to their type aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	533060
Time
Date	200112
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 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 : first officer
ASRS Report	533060
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : taxiway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Aircraft Airport Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After landing at dfw our gate was occupied and we were holding short of taxiway week northbound on gulf taxiway. Ramp told us our gate xx was now open. Ground then cleared us to our gate via spot xyz. We then called ramp approaching. Ramp informed us of outbound traffic which we had already seen. We were already stopping to hold short. Ground then asked if spot xyz would be ok for entry because ramp had originally given us spot YYY. Ramp said work it out with ground. Ground indicated that we should continue via spot xyz while traffic was exiting ramp outbound via spot ZZZ and that clearance looked good to us and ramp. No problems. It was not until later when I was looking over air carrier parking chart pages that I discovered that spot YYY was required for our B767 and that spot xyz or ZZZ were not the right spots.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW, TAXIING TO THE GATE AT KDFW, ENTERED THE RAMP AT A POINT CLOSED TO THEIR TYPE ACFT.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT DFW OUR GATE WAS OCCUPIED AND WE WERE HOLDING SHORT OF TXWY WK NORTHBOUND ON GULF TXWY. RAMP TOLD US OUR GATE XX WAS NOW OPEN. GND THEN CLRED US TO OUR GATE VIA SPOT XYZ. WE THEN CALLED RAMP APCHING. RAMP INFORMED US OF OUTBOUND TFC WHICH WE HAD ALREADY SEEN. WE WERE ALREADY STOPPING TO HOLD SHORT. GND THEN ASKED IF SPOT XYZ WOULD BE OK FOR ENTRY BECAUSE RAMP HAD ORIGINALLY GIVEN US SPOT YYY. RAMP SAID WORK IT OUT WITH GND. GND INDICATED THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE VIA SPOT XYZ WHILE TFC WAS EXITING RAMP OUTBOUND VIA SPOT ZZZ AND THAT CLRNC LOOKED GOOD TO US AND RAMP. NO PROBS. IT WAS NOT UNTIL LATER WHEN I WAS LOOKING OVER ACR PARKING CHART PAGES THAT I DISCOVERED THAT SPOT YYY WAS REQUIRED FOR OUR B767 AND THAT SPOT XYZ OR ZZZ WERE NOT THE RIGHT SPOTS.

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.