Narrative:

Landed runway 19 at iad. Cleared Y5, parking gate. Ground cleared us to hold short of taxiway east on taxiway Y and call ramp tower. Ramp cleared us to gate from the taxiway east due to obstruction on taxiway east of gate. Clearance from ramp tower was eastbound on taxiway C, transition to taxiway D after construction. Right on taxiway J, right on taxiway east, to gate. After complying, we realized that ramp had cleared us to use a taxiway (J) that is controled by ground.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FLT CREW ENTERS GND CTLED TXWY WITHOUT GND CLRNC AFTER BEING CLRED ONTO IT BY RAMP CTL.

Narrative: LANDED RWY 19 AT IAD. CLRED Y5, PARKING GATE. GND CLRED US TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY E ON TXWY Y AND CALL RAMP TWR. RAMP CLRED US TO GATE FROM THE TXWY E DUE TO OBSTRUCTION ON TXWY E OF GATE. CLRNC FROM RAMP TWR WAS EBOUND ON TXWY C, TRANSITION TO TXWY D AFTER CONSTRUCTION. R ON TXWY J, R ON TXWY E, TO GATE. AFTER COMPLYING, WE REALIZED THAT RAMP HAD CLRED US TO USE A TXWY (J) THAT IS CTLED BY GND.

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.