An A319 flight crew encountered nil braking on the taxiways at msp; came to a controlled stop using ...

Narrative:

We were unable to taxi our aircraft to the gate after landing due to nil braking on taxiways in msp. Enroute to msp the ATIS reported -fzdz had started falling. Dispatch sent an ACARS message confirming the freezing drizzle. The crew used the cold weather briefing guide to confirm freezing drizzle and freezing rain limits for landing. 20 minutes later a special ATIS came out showing -fzra at the airport.we checked in with msp approach and asked for runway 12R for landing; then requested landing performance data from ACARS for a flaps 4 landing with medium autobrakes. With poor braking and a 6 KTS crosswind coupled with a 10 KTS headwind the landing distance computed out to 7;300 ft required runway length. Approach advised an inbound MD80 had reported poor braking landing runway 12R. A B737 was on approach ahead of us and the crew reported poor braking action during landing. They then exited runway 12R at taxiway A4; and we were cleared to land.the touchdown was normal and the tower told the crew to roll out further down runway 12R to taxiway A2. Meanwhile; the B737 crew; once on taxiway a; reported that they had nil braking and were unable to steer using nose wheel steering. We slowed and turned onto taxiway A2 and then onto taxiway a where I could tell that the condition was definitely nil braking. With minimal steering tiller inputs and the use of idle reverse thrust we kept the aircraft from exceeding 3 KTS ground speed.the first officer got the APU started while the captain used steering and reverse thrust to control the sliding. With coordination between the crew the captain came out of reverse then called for both engines to be shut down simultaneously. The crew set the parking brake and waited approximately two hours for conditions to improve for a tow to a remote gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 Flight Crew encountered nil braking on the taxiways at MSP; came to a controlled stop using reverse thrust; shut down the engines and awaited improved conditions to be towed to a remote gate.

Narrative: We were unable to taxi our aircraft to the gate after landing due to NIL braking on taxiways in MSP. Enroute to MSP the ATIS reported -FZDZ had started falling. Dispatch sent an ACARS message confirming the freezing drizzle. The crew used the Cold Weather briefing guide to confirm freezing drizzle and freezing rain limits for landing. 20 minutes later a special ATIS came out showing -FZRA at the airport.We checked in with MSP Approach and asked for Runway 12R for landing; then requested landing performance data from ACARS for a Flaps 4 landing with Medium Autobrakes. With poor braking and a 6 KTS crosswind coupled with a 10 KTS headwind the landing distance computed out to 7;300 FT required runway length. Approach advised an inbound MD80 had reported poor braking landing Runway 12R. A B737 was on approach ahead of us and the crew reported poor braking action during landing. They then exited Runway 12R at Taxiway A4; and we were cleared to land.The touchdown was normal and the Tower told the crew to roll out further down Runway 12R to Taxiway A2. Meanwhile; the B737 crew; once on Taxiway A; reported that they had NIL Braking and were unable to steer using nose wheel steering. We slowed and turned onto Taxiway A2 and then onto Taxiway A where I could tell that the condition was definitely NIL braking. With minimal steering tiller inputs and the use of idle reverse thrust we kept the aircraft from exceeding 3 KTS ground speed.The First Officer got the APU started while the Captain used steering and reverse thrust to control the sliding. With coordination between the crew the Captain came out of reverse then called for both engines to be shut down simultaneously. The crew set the parking brake and waited approximately two hours for conditions to improve for a tow to a remote gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	920149
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	MSP.Airport
State Reference	MN
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 224 Flight Crew Total 19518 Flight Crew Type 5569
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

An A319 flight crew encountered nil braking on the taxiways at msp; came to a controlled stop using reverse thrust; shut down the engines and awaited improved conditions to be towed to a remote gate.