C550 crew at dca airport while taxiing turned on the wrong taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	417710
Time
Date	199810
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dca airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Citation II S2/Bravo
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	417710
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After receiving an amended taxi clearance, we made a turn down the wrong taxiway. We should have asked for guidance from ground control. To clarify the instructions. No conflicts with any other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C550 CREW AT DCA ARPT WHILE TAXIING TURNED ON THE WRONG TXWY.

Narrative: AFTER RECEIVING AN AMENDED TAXI CLRNC, WE MADE A TURN DOWN THE WRONG TXWY. WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR GUIDANCE FROM GND CTL. TO CLARIFY THE INSTRUCTIONS. NO CONFLICTS WITH ANY OTHER ACFT.

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.