Medium large transport has wingtip graze snow bank during taxi.

Attributes
ACN	264077
Time
Date	199402
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mdt
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 205 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	264077
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7567 flight time type : 2030
ASRS Report	264065
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Landed at mdt runway 13, normal landing. While taxiing back to the terminal on echo taxiway, believe left wingtip grazed the top of snowbank even though on the centerline of taxiway. Snow apparently plowed off ramp/txwys to an area between echo taxiway and runway, has a depth higher than the md-80 wing ht clearance. The ht of snow is generally low enough for most acrs but rises to a ht which just touches wingtip at one point along route back to the terminal. There was no damage to this aircraft and it departed next day on schedule. This incident was very disconcerting and I believe the airport has regulations for snow removal, depth along runways, txwys, etc., that are not being followed. As a captain, you operate under certain assumptions. There are plenty of other hazards to be watchful for, without the concern for snow depth on parallel txwys. There were no warnings of high snow adjacent to txwys in the ATIS report prior to our landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG HAS WINGTIP GRAZE SNOW BANK DURING TAXI.

Narrative: LANDED AT MDT RWY 13, NORMAL LNDG. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE TERMINAL ON ECHO TXWY, BELIEVE L WINGTIP GRAZED THE TOP OF SNOWBANK EVEN THOUGH ON THE CTRLINE OF TXWY. SNOW APPARENTLY PLOWED OFF RAMP/TXWYS TO AN AREA BTWN ECHO TXWY AND RWY, HAS A DEPTH HIGHER THAN THE MD-80 WING HT CLRNC. THE HT OF SNOW IS GENERALLY LOW ENOUGH FOR MOST ACRS BUT RISES TO A HT WHICH JUST TOUCHES WINGTIP AT ONE POINT ALONG RTE BACK TO THE TERMINAL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THIS ACFT AND IT DEPARTED NEXT DAY ON SCHEDULE. THIS INCIDENT WAS VERY DISCONCERTING AND I BELIEVE THE ARPT HAS REGS FOR SNOW REMOVAL, DEPTH ALONG RWYS, TXWYS, ETC., THAT ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED. AS A CAPT, YOU OPERATE UNDER CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER HAZARDS TO BE WATCHFUL FOR, WITHOUT THE CONCERN FOR SNOW DEPTH ON PARALLEL TXWYS. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OF HIGH SNOW ADJACENT TO TXWYS IN THE ATIS RPT PRIOR TO OUR LNDG.

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.