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Air carrier captain reported ramp surface depression caused aircraft to stop moving during taxi-in; requiring high thrust settings to continue to gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1674118 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DCA.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Type 180 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Dca gate X. Being marshalled; final phase; with only feet to a final stop; I had just shut the number 2 engine down. I lost my forward momentum as my left main settled into a depression in the asphalt. The depression is deep and is right at the transition to concrete at the gate parking pad. I could not get enough thrust on one engine with recommended power settings to taxi out of the depression and over the concrete lip for taxi the last few feet to the desired parking position requiring restarting the number 2 engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported ramp surface depression caused aircraft to stop moving during taxi-in; requiring high thrust settings to continue to gate.
Narrative: DCA Gate X. Being marshalled; final phase; with only feet to a final stop; I had just shut the Number 2 engine down. I lost my forward momentum as my left main settled into a depression in the asphalt. The depression is deep and is right at the transition to concrete at the gate parking pad. I could not get enough thrust on one engine with recommended power settings to taxi out of the depression and over the concrete lip for taxi the last few feet to the desired parking position requiring restarting the Number 2 engine.
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.