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Captain reported slipping on icy ramp which had previously been reported as a hazard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1697548 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Freezing rain was reported at ZZZ. Company ramp was covered by a sheet of ice and the flight crew reported to the ramp lead of the hazard. [The next day]; the ice was still present on the ramp. [The following day]; a layer of snow was present on the ramp; covering the previous day's layer of ice. As I was walking from the company building to the aircraft I slipped on the ice and fell on my back. I was wearing non-slip winter boots when the fall occurred. Taxiing into the ramp to park the aircraft the crew noted that the ramp's braking action was nil; and the aircraft slid forward when the propellers were brought into feather for engine shut-down; with the parking brake set. Several of the company ramp personnel had complained of slipping and falling on the ramp this same day. The flight crew has contacted the company ramp manager safety department several times via email regarding the unnecessarily hazardous conditions allowed [to] persist on the company ramp. There has been no attempt to remove the ice and snow from the ramp.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Captain reported slipping on icy ramp which had previously been reported as a hazard.
Narrative: Freezing rain was reported at ZZZ. Company ramp was covered by a sheet of ice and the flight crew reported to the Ramp Lead of the hazard. [The next day]; the ice was still present on the ramp. [The following day]; a layer of snow was present on the ramp; covering the previous day's layer of ice. As I was walking from the Company building to the aircraft I slipped on the ice and fell on my back. I was wearing non-slip winter boots when the fall occurred. Taxiing into the ramp to park the aircraft the crew noted that the ramp's braking action was nil; and the aircraft slid forward when the propellers were brought into feather for engine shut-down; with the parking brake set. Several of the Company ramp personnel had complained of slipping and falling on the ramp this same day. The flight crew has contacted the Company Ramp Manager safety department several times via email regarding the unnecessarily hazardous conditions allowed [to] persist on the Company ramp. There has been no attempt to remove the ice and snow from the ramp.
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.