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A320 captain reported they temporarily lost control of their aircraft while taxiing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1730086 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202002 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AUS.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| 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 171 Flight Crew Total 4018 Flight Crew Type 4018 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Landed and turned off on to the taxiway. The weather was IMC with rain right at sunset. The design of the turn off has fillet so it appears to start as a high speed exit but then has sharp turn to right. Surfaces were very wet. Airbus nose wheels skid easily when the surface is wet and I know that and should have made the turn off slower. I turned off to the right but then when making a harder turn to right when the nose wheel skidded and would not turn more to right initially. After a few seconds I was able to correct back to centerline using brakes. I can't recall my exit speed but it was not that fast; maybe 20 kts. To start. The fillet is a trap and did not do me any favors. Either an actual high speed exit or a 90 degree turnoff would have been better but with the fillet it appears to start like a high speed exit but then you have to make a hard right turn. I inspected all tires on postflight and they all looked like brand new tires with full tread and no issues. I also know that a sliding nosewheel on a wet surface is not going to cause any tire damage. During the skid I was probably 10 kts.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported they temporarily lost control of their aircraft while taxiing.
Narrative: Landed and turned off on to the taxiway. The weather was IMC with rain right at sunset. The design of the turn off has fillet so it appears to start as a high speed exit but then has sharp turn to right. Surfaces were very wet. Airbus nose wheels skid easily when the surface is wet and I know that and should have made the turn off slower. I turned off to the right but then when making a harder turn to right when the nose wheel skidded and would not turn more to right initially. After a few seconds I was able to correct back to centerline using brakes. I can't recall my exit speed but it was not that fast; maybe 20 kts. to start. The fillet is a trap and did not do me any favors. Either an actual high speed exit or a 90 degree turnoff would have been better but with the fillet it appears to start like a high speed exit but then you have to make a hard right turn. I inspected all tires on postflight and they all looked like brand new tires with full tread and no issues. I also know that a sliding nosewheel on a wet surface is not going to cause any tire damage. During the skid I was probably 10 kts.
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.