Nil braking action on txwys.

Attributes
ACN	325560
Time
Date	199601
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : gso
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 : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	325560
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On taxi out in charlotte for departure, ground control advised us 'various txwys had reports of nil braking action in isolated spots.' while this report was helpful, it might have been more meaningful to us had the report included those specific locations on the txwys so we could avoid them. We discovered one 'nil' taxiway was actually a runway (runway 5) that was being used by aircraft to taxi on to get to the deicing location. No mention was made by ground about this location on runway 5. How about sending a vehicle out to drive around the txwys and runways to get some more specific reports for the flcs!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NIL BRAKING ACTION ON TXWYS.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT IN CHARLOTTE FOR DEP, GND CTL ADVISED US 'VARIOUS TXWYS HAD RPTS OF NIL BRAKING ACTION IN ISOLATED SPOTS.' WHILE THIS RPT WAS HELPFUL, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE MEANINGFUL TO US HAD THE RPT INCLUDED THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ON THE TXWYS SO WE COULD AVOID THEM. WE DISCOVERED ONE 'NIL' TXWY WAS ACTUALLY A RWY (RWY 5) THAT WAS BEING USED BY ACFT TO TAXI ON TO GET TO THE DEICING LOCATION. NO MENTION WAS MADE BY GND ABOUT THIS LOCATION ON RWY 5. HOW ABOUT SENDING A VEHICLE OUT TO DRIVE AROUND THE TXWYS AND RWYS TO GET SOME MORE SPECIFIC RPTS FOR THE FLCS!

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.