Airport problem runway and taxiway edge not fully plowed.

Attributes
ACN	296229
Time
Date	199502
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : buf
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sea
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	296229
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

ATC instructions were as follows: cleared to exit first available right turn. Runway 14/32 closed. Not plowed. Blowing snow from right of runway 23 obliterated taxiway exit signs. Snow drifted onto runway. Could not definitely find taxiway. As soon as I turned right, I realized that I did not enter taxiway but a snow ridge alongside runway. Shut down engines and was pushed back onto runway, followed FBO's truck to ramp. Parallel taxiway was also covered with ridges of blowing snow. Suggest buf airport install snow fences on airport property to prevent or at least decrease snow ridges. No damage to aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ARPT PROB RWY AND TXWY EDGE NOT FULLY PLOWED.

Narrative: ATC INSTRUCTIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS: CLRED TO EXIT FIRST AVAILABLE R TURN. RWY 14/32 CLOSED. NOT PLOWED. BLOWING SNOW FROM R OF RWY 23 OBLITERATED TXWY EXIT SIGNS. SNOW DRIFTED ONTO RWY. COULD NOT DEFINITELY FIND TXWY. AS SOON AS I TURNED R, I REALIZED THAT I DID NOT ENTER TXWY BUT A SNOW RIDGE ALONGSIDE RWY. SHUT DOWN ENGS AND WAS PUSHED BACK ONTO RWY, FOLLOWED FBO'S TRUCK TO RAMP. PARALLEL TXWY WAS ALSO COVERED WITH RIDGES OF BLOWING SNOW. SUGGEST BUF ARPT INSTALL SNOW FENCES ON ARPT PROPERTY TO PREVENT OR AT LEAST DECREASE SNOW RIDGES. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT.

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.