Narrative:

Departure runways were 01L and 30. Txwys and runways were being deiced and sanded. Braking action was being reported as fair to poor by several aircraft. The medium large transport was pushed back from the gate at XB06 EDT. When we called for taxi clearance we were cleared to runway 1R for takeoff. We questioned this and were told that runways 1L and 30 were being closed for deicing. The braking action in the ramp area and txwys leading to the end of runway 1R was fair to poor as advised in the ATIS information. As we approached the end of the parallel taxiway, just prior to a 90 degree turn to the end of the runway, I applied the brakes gently. The braking action was nil and the aircraft started to slide. I released the brakes momentarily and reapplied them. No help. The nose wheel steering was ineffective. At this point I reversed the engines, but this started the aircraft into a sideways slide. I returned the engines to idle forward thrust and the aircraft returned to tracking straight ahead and still sliding. I resigned myself to the fact that I was going off the taxiway and concentrated in trying to keep the aircraft going as straight as possible. The aircraft went 15-20' into the mud and stopped. I shut the engines down and advised the F/a's not to evacuate/evacuation. I later found out this particular area of the taxiway has a slight slope toward the outer edges. Although the area had been deiced 20-30 mins prior to this, it appeared that the deicing fluid had ran off and collected in a pool at the edge of the taxiway west/O deicing the taxiway in this area. When this runway is being used under similar circumstances, I think particularly close attention should be payed to this area when deicing. Tower and ground control could also make taxiing aircraft particularly aware of this area as it is approached.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TAXIING TO TKOF SLID OFF ICY TXWY.

Narrative: DEP RWYS WERE 01L AND 30. TXWYS AND RWYS WERE BEING DEICED AND SANDED. BRAKING ACTION WAS BEING RPTED AS FAIR TO POOR BY SEVERAL ACFT. THE MLG WAS PUSHED BACK FROM THE GATE AT XB06 EDT. WHEN WE CALLED FOR TAXI CLRNC WE WERE CLRED TO RWY 1R FOR TKOF. WE QUESTIONED THIS AND WERE TOLD THAT RWYS 1L AND 30 WERE BEING CLOSED FOR DEICING. THE BRAKING ACTION IN THE RAMP AREA AND TXWYS LEADING TO THE END OF RWY 1R WAS FAIR TO POOR AS ADVISED IN THE ATIS INFO. AS WE APCHED THE END OF THE PARALLEL TXWY, JUST PRIOR TO A 90 DEG TURN TO THE END OF THE RWY, I APPLIED THE BRAKES GENTLY. THE BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL AND THE ACFT STARTED TO SLIDE. I RELEASED THE BRAKES MOMENTARILY AND REAPPLIED THEM. NO HELP. THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS INEFFECTIVE. AT THIS POINT I REVERSED THE ENGS, BUT THIS STARTED THE ACFT INTO A SIDEWAYS SLIDE. I RETURNED THE ENGS TO IDLE FORWARD THRUST AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO TRACKING STRAIGHT AHEAD AND STILL SLIDING. I RESIGNED MYSELF TO THE FACT THAT I WAS GOING OFF THE TXWY AND CONCENTRATED IN TRYING TO KEEP THE ACFT GOING AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE. THE ACFT WENT 15-20' INTO THE MUD AND STOPPED. I SHUT THE ENGS DOWN AND ADVISED THE F/A'S NOT TO EVAC. I LATER FOUND OUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE TXWY HAS A SLIGHT SLOPE TOWARD THE OUTER EDGES. ALTHOUGH THE AREA HAD BEEN DEICED 20-30 MINS PRIOR TO THIS, IT APPEARED THAT THE DEICING FLUID HAD RAN OFF AND COLLECTED IN A POOL AT THE EDGE OF THE TXWY W/O DEICING THE TXWY IN THIS AREA. WHEN THIS RWY IS BEING USED UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK PARTICULARLY CLOSE ATTN SHOULD BE PAYED TO THIS AREA WHEN DEICING. TWR AND GND CTL COULD ALSO MAKE TAXIING ACFT PARTICULARLY AWARE OF THIS AREA AS IT IS APCHED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.