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MD80 maintenance crew reports a taxiway excursion due to ice while attempting to taxi from the gate area to a maintenance hangar.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1154651 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201403 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Excursion Taxiway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I arrived at the terminal to pick up an out of service aircraft; to take back to the hangar. As I was proceeding from the ramp making a left turn onto the assigned taxiway; half way into my turn; I could feel the nose of the aircraft slide on the ice to the right. I applied the brakes and turned the steering tiller full left; I instructed my radio operator to deploy the thrust reversers but slid into the grass. I tried to steer the aircraft back onto the taxiway. Realizing that we were stuck I shut down the engine did the check list and contacted the FAA tower. Lack of knowledge of how much ice was on taxiway before attempting to enter it. I feel that this ramp exit should have been closed due to fact that it was a solid sheet of ice. There were many more suitable exits from the ramp that didn't have ice.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 maintenance crew reports a taxiway excursion due to ice while attempting to taxi from the gate area to a maintenance hangar.
Narrative: I arrived at the terminal to pick up an out of service aircraft; to take back to the hangar. As I was proceeding from the ramp making a left turn onto the assigned taxiway; half way into my turn; I could feel the nose of the aircraft slide on the ice to the right. I applied the brakes and turned the steering tiller full left; I instructed my radio operator to deploy the thrust reversers but slid into the grass. I tried to steer the aircraft back onto the taxiway. Realizing that we were stuck I shut down the engine did the check list and contacted the FAA Tower. Lack of knowledge of how much ice was on taxiway before attempting to enter it. I feel that this ramp exit should have been closed due to fact that it was a solid sheet of ice. There were many more suitable exits from the ramp that didn't have ice.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.