Widebody flight crew reports sliding on a slippery taxiway during taxi to parking after landing at c...

Narrative:

I was the pilot not flying for the approach and landing in cymx. It was an uneventful landing and rollout. The ATIS was reporting light freezing rain and tower informed us the runway had been treated. He also informed us that some taxiways had not yet been treated and they might be slick. I reported braking action good as we exited the runway. Taxing to the ramp was initially uneventful until we hit a slick spot on taxiway J. This taxiway had not yet been treated. Our taxi speed was very slow at this point; so it did not cause a problem. There was a 757 taxiing to the ramp in front of us and he appeared not to have any problems taxiing so we continued our taxi at a very slow speed. We made the turn onto taxiway F. About halfway down F the captain informed me she 'was standing on the brakes.' the aircraft was not responding; at this point she applied the parking brake and still the airplane did not respond. Now the airplane began to slide sideways to the left and the captain applied reverse thrust and the airplane came to a stop. We called tower and advised them of the conditions on taxiway F. We also advised we would be shutting down the engines and we would need to be towed to our parking spot. They offered to have one of their trucks come treat the taxiway in front of us so that we could continue our taxi. We declined and requested the tug come out to our position and tow us in. When the maintenance personnel arrived to hooked up the tug they told us that we had hit one of the blue above ground taxiway lights as we slid sideways. The aircraft never left the prepared surface and there was no damage to the aircraft. The only damage was the broken taxiway light. The taxiway was treated and we were towed to parking. After we secured the aircraft the gateway personnel said they often have problems with freezing rain and slick taxiways. They said you can call tower and request a truck come out to treat the taxiways in front of the aircraft as you taxi to the ramp. I think this information about the truck treating the taxiways as you follow him to parking needs to be on the briefing page. This incident may have been avoided had we known.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Widebody flight crew reports sliding on a slippery taxiway during taxi to parking after landing at CYMX. A taxi light is damaged and the the aircraft is towed to parking.

Narrative: I was the pilot not flying for the approach and landing in CYMX. It was an uneventful landing and rollout. The ATIS was reporting light freezing rain and Tower informed us the runway had been treated. He also informed us that some taxiways had not yet been treated and they might be slick. I reported braking action good as we exited the runway. Taxing to the ramp was initially uneventful until we hit a slick spot on Taxiway J. This taxiway had not yet been treated. Our taxi speed was very slow at this point; so it did not cause a problem. There was a 757 taxiing to the ramp in front of us and he appeared not to have any problems taxiing so we continued our taxi at a very slow speed. We made the turn onto Taxiway F. About halfway down F the Captain informed me she 'was standing on the brakes.' The aircraft was not responding; at this point she applied the parking brake and still the airplane did not respond. Now the airplane began to slide sideways to the left and the Captain applied reverse thrust and the airplane came to a stop. We called Tower and advised them of the conditions on Taxiway F. We also advised we would be shutting down the engines and we would need to be towed to our parking spot. They offered to have one of their trucks come treat the taxiway in front of us so that we could continue our taxi. We declined and requested the tug come out to our position and tow us in. When the Maintenance personnel arrived to hooked up the tug they told us that we had hit one of the blue above ground taxiway lights as we slid sideways. The aircraft never left the prepared surface and there was no damage to the aircraft. The only damage was the broken taxiway light. The taxiway was treated and we were towed to parking. After we secured the aircraft the gateway personnel said they often have problems with freezing rain and slick taxiways. They said you can call Tower and request a truck come out to treat the taxiways in front of the aircraft as you taxi to the ramp. I think this information about the truck treating the taxiways as you follow him to parking needs to be on the Briefing page. This incident may have been avoided had we known.

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Attributes
ACN	1152440
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	CYMX.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 72 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Widebody flight crew reports sliding on a slippery taxiway during taxi to parking after landing at cymx. A taxi light is damaged and the the aircraft is towed to parking.