A320 flight crew slides on icy taxiway and has an excursion at ewr.

Attributes
ACN	569814
Time
Date	200212
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Weather Elements	Ice
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 2459
ASRS Report	569814
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	excursion : taxiway ground encounters other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Airport
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

Landed runway 4R taxiing, turned left from taxiway J to taxiway south. Noticed packed ice, very minor on taxiway J. Turned onto taxiway south and proceeded to straighten nosewheel. No response. Continued turning steering full opposite direction. No response. Now heading towards taxi edge markers, applied brakes, aircraft skidded. Were not sure if we exited taxiway. The nose was off, but nosewheel questionable. After final stop, able to regain control. Informed ground frequency of situation. They sent car to inspect. No reply was given, no complaints or calls made. Informed maintenance upon arrival. No nosewheel damage or markings present. Taxi speed was fortunately slow enough. I believe any faster would have had us heading to taxiway markings with nosewheel incident. All I can gather was a black ice possibility.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 FLC SLIDES ON ICY TXWY AND HAS AN EXCURSION AT EWR.

Narrative: LANDED RWY 4R TAXIING, TURNED L FROM TXWY J TO TXWY S. NOTICED PACKED ICE, VERY MINOR ON TXWY J. TURNED ONTO TXWY S AND PROCEEDED TO STRAIGHTEN NOSEWHEEL. NO RESPONSE. CONTINUED TURNING STEERING FULL OPPOSITE DIRECTION. NO RESPONSE. NOW HEADING TOWARDS TAXI EDGE MARKERS, APPLIED BRAKES, ACFT SKIDDED. WERE NOT SURE IF WE EXITED TXWY. THE NOSE WAS OFF, BUT NOSEWHEEL QUESTIONABLE. AFTER FINAL STOP, ABLE TO REGAIN CTL. INFORMED GND FREQ OF SIT. THEY SENT CAR TO INSPECT. NO REPLY WAS GIVEN, NO COMPLAINTS OR CALLS MADE. INFORMED MAINT UPON ARR. NO NOSEWHEEL DAMAGE OR MARKINGS PRESENT. TAXI SPD WAS FORTUNATELY SLOW ENOUGH. I BELIEVE ANY FASTER WOULD HAVE HAD US HEADING TO TXWY MARKINGS WITH NOSEWHEEL INCIDENT. ALL I CAN GATHER WAS A BLACK ICE POSSIBILITY.

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