Air carrier almost has taxiway excursion due to wind and WX.

Attributes
ACN	290618
Time
Date	199411
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ywg
State Reference	MB
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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 : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	290618
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control none taken : insufficient time other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

WX: low ceilings and visibility, winds 170 degrees 25 KTS, freezing rain. Minus 5 degrees C. De-iced with type I and anti-iced with type ii and 100 percent at gate. Started engines not enough time to taxi to runway 18 within holdover time. Therefore, re-application of type ii (100 percent) with engines running. Txwys reported extremely icy. Sanding trucks preceded aircraft to runway 18 sanding taxiway 'H' all the way to runway 18. Aircraft held short of runup pad on 'H' to allow ground vehicles to maneuver clear. Now heading 360 degrees on taxiway 'H.' released brakes and turned onto taxiway 'H' (heading 270 degrees). The combination of 25 KTS of wind from the south and icy txwys caused the aircraft to WX-vane to the left (heading 230 degrees). Brake response and nose steering response was il. Aircraft came to a stop on edge of taxiway short of runway 18. Sanding trucks approached aircraft and communicated through ground control frequency. They confirmed that there was no damage to taxi lights, then sanded the area just forward of nose and main wheels. Maneuvered aircraft on main portion of taxiway short of runway 18, then onto runway 18 for takeoff. Takeoff and remainder of flight were uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR ALMOST HAS TXWY EXCURSION DUE TO WIND AND WX.

Narrative: WX: LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY, WINDS 170 DEGS 25 KTS, FREEZING RAIN. MINUS 5 DEGS C. DE-ICED WITH TYPE I AND ANTI-ICED WITH TYPE II AND 100 PERCENT AT GATE. STARTED ENGS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TAXI TO RWY 18 WITHIN HOLDOVER TIME. THEREFORE, RE-APPLICATION OF TYPE II (100 PERCENT) WITH ENGS RUNNING. TXWYS RPTED EXTREMELY ICY. SANDING TRUCKS PRECEDED ACFT TO RWY 18 SANDING TXWY 'H' ALL THE WAY TO RWY 18. ACFT HELD SHORT OF RUNUP PAD ON 'H' TO ALLOW GND VEHICLES TO MANEUVER CLR. NOW HDG 360 DEGS ON TXWY 'H.' RELEASED BRAKES AND TURNED ONTO TXWY 'H' (HDG 270 DEGS). THE COMBINATION OF 25 KTS OF WIND FROM THE S AND ICY TXWYS CAUSED THE ACFT TO WX-VANE TO THE L (HDG 230 DEGS). BRAKE RESPONSE AND NOSE STEERING RESPONSE WAS IL. ACFT CAME TO A STOP ON EDGE OF TXWY SHORT OF RWY 18. SANDING TRUCKS APCHED ACFT AND COMMUNICATED THROUGH GND CTL FREQ. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO TAXI LIGHTS, THEN SANDED THE AREA JUST FORWARD OF NOSE AND MAIN WHEELS. MANEUVERED ACFT ON MAIN PORTION OF TXWY SHORT OF RWY 18, THEN ONTO RWY 18 FOR TKOF. TKOF AND REMAINDER OF FLT WERE UNEVENTFUL.

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.