An air carrier medium large transport taxied without ramp control clearance.

Attributes
ACN	303470
Time
Date	199504
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	303470
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	303472
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure 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

Narrative:

Ramp control non communication. Taxied on dfw ramp without clearance from ramp control. I misinterpreted the taxiway markings near spot X as indicating an alternate route to the closed portion of taxiway K.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG TAXIED WITHOUT RAMP CTL CLRNC.

Narrative: RAMP CTL NON COM. TAXIED ON DFW RAMP WITHOUT CLRNC FROM RAMP CTL. I MISINTERPRETED THE TXWY MARKINGS NEAR SPOT X AS INDICATING AN ALTERNATE RTE TO THE CLOSED PORTION OF TXWY K.

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.