Narrative:

After landing; exited the runway on the high-speed while slowing from 25 KTS to around 10 KTS on the taxiway. Then instructed by tower to continue hold short of the parallel runway. Attempted to brake and slow aircraft as we continued on the taxiway; anticipating the dogleg turn to the right which the taxiway makes near its intersection with zulu taxiway. Brake application had no effect. Then attempted to turn aircraft with both rudder and tiller; also no effect. Aircraft was on nil surface; taxiway completely iced over. Aircraft continued to drift forward as taxiway turned to the right; finally stopping about 20 feet short of zulu taxiway and about 15 feet to the left; and outside of; the taxiway boundary marking. We then set the brake and made the decision to not continue the taxi on a nil surface with an aircraft whose landing gear status was unknown. Had tug sent out to tow us back to gate. Aircraft never exited paved surface during excursion and was able to be towed to gate. Post flight inspection by maintenance indicated no damage to aircraft. Total time elapsed from initial problem to deplaning at gate was about 95 minutes. No injuries or problems with passengers reported. Dispatch did send us a ficon enroute; which we received about 30 min prior to landing; indicating braking action good. We were never told nor given reason to suspect that nil or even poor braking conditions existed on the field.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 Captain reports a taxiway excursion during taxi after landing due to icy conditions. FICON had reported braking action as good. Aircraft is towed to the gate.

Narrative: After landing; exited the runway on the high-speed while slowing from 25 KTS to around 10 KTS on the taxiway. Then instructed by Tower to continue hold short of the parallel runway. Attempted to brake and slow aircraft as we continued on the taxiway; anticipating the dogleg turn to the right which the taxiway makes near its intersection with Zulu taxiway. Brake application had no effect. Then attempted to turn aircraft with both rudder and tiller; also no effect. Aircraft was on NIL surface; taxiway completely iced over. Aircraft continued to drift forward as taxiway turned to the right; finally stopping about 20 feet short of Zulu taxiway and about 15 feet to the left; and outside of; the taxiway boundary marking. We then set the brake and made the decision to not continue the taxi on a NIL surface with an aircraft whose landing gear status was unknown. Had tug sent out to tow us back to gate. Aircraft never exited paved surface during excursion and was able to be towed to gate. Post flight inspection by Maintenance indicated no damage to aircraft. Total time elapsed from initial problem to deplaning at gate was about 95 minutes. No injuries or problems with passengers reported. Dispatch did send us a FICON Enroute; which we received about 30 min prior to landing; indicating braking action good. We were never told nor given reason to suspect that NIL or even poor braking conditions existed on the field.

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.