Flight crew of large transport taxied on taxiway weight limited to 100000 pounds.

Attributes
ACN	194336
Time
Date	199111
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : geg
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	194336
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Problem: taxied on taxiway Q. This has a weight limit of 100000 pounds. Aircraft was overweight. Corrective action suggestion: if a taxiway has a restriction (such as weight) put the restriction on the taxiway marker sign so it is useful as one approachs the taxiway. A note on the airport map plate in letter 1/32 inch high at night on a WX approach doesn't really do much good.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF LGT TAXIED ON TAXIWAY WT LIMITED TO 100000 POUNDS.

Narrative: PROBLEM: TAXIED ON TAXIWAY Q. THIS HAS A WT LIMIT OF 100000 POUNDS. ACFT WAS OVERWT. CORRECTIVE ACTION SUGGESTION: IF A TAXIWAY HAS A RESTRICTION (SUCH AS WEIGHT) PUT THE RESTRICTION ON THE TAXIWAY MARKER SIGN SO IT IS USEFUL AS ONE APCHS THE TAXIWAY. A NOTE ON THE ARPT MAP PLATE IN LETTER 1/32 INCH HIGH AT NIGHT ON A WX APCH DOESN'T REALLY DO MUCH GOOD.

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.