A landing B737 skids off the end of the departure end of runway 6L. Captain had applied brakes and was in the turn but the main tires hit the wet painted surfaces and the captain lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft struck the runway end lights.

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Attributes
ACN	388676
Time
Date	199712
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	controller military : 12 controller non radar : 5 controller radar : 19 flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	388676
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	controller military : 25 flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	388677
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight oak-lax. WX was 400 ft overcast 1 1/4 SM visibility, heavy rain. After landing, due to rain and poor visibility, I slowed to a normal taxi speed on the runway. I decided to use the entire length of the runway due to the WX. By 3/4 of the runway I was at normal taxi speed. With several thousand feet remaining, I released the brakes and rolled to the end. As I approached the taxiway at the runway end I applied brakes and started to turn off. I estimate I was going 15 mph. The brakes slowed the aircraft, the nose started to turn off and all of a sudden it felt like I hit a patch of ice. I straightened the nose out and held the brakes. The plane came to rest just as the main tires hit the runway end lights. I feel the cause of this problem had to do with the standing water on the unworn paint of the threshold bars. It was literally as slick as ice. A few runway lights were broken, no damage to the aircraft or injury to any person. In the future, I will treat rainy conditions just like snow or ice.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LNDG B737 SKIDS OFF THE END OF THE DEP END OF RWY 6L. CAPT HAD APPLIED BRAKES AND WAS IN THE TURN BUT THE MAIN TIRES HIT THE WET PAINTED SURFACES AND THE CAPT LOST CTL OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT STRUCK THE RWY END LIGHTS.

Narrative: FLT OAK-LAX. WX WAS 400 FT OVCST 1 1/4 SM VISIBILITY, HVY RAIN. AFTER LNDG, DUE TO RAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY, I SLOWED TO A NORMAL TAXI SPD ON THE RWY. I DECIDED TO USE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE RWY DUE TO THE WX. BY 3/4 OF THE RWY I WAS AT NORMAL TAXI SPD. WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET REMAINING, I RELEASED THE BRAKES AND ROLLED TO THE END. AS I APCHED THE TXWY AT THE RWY END I APPLIED BRAKES AND STARTED TO TURN OFF. I ESTIMATE I WAS GOING 15 MPH. THE BRAKES SLOWED THE ACFT, THE NOSE STARTED TO TURN OFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT LIKE I HIT A PATCH OF ICE. I STRAIGHTENED THE NOSE OUT AND HELD THE BRAKES. THE PLANE CAME TO REST JUST AS THE MAIN TIRES HIT THE RWY END LIGHTS. I FEEL THE CAUSE OF THIS PROB HAD TO DO WITH THE STANDING WATER ON THE UNWORN PAINT OF THE THRESHOLD BARS. IT WAS LITERALLY AS SLICK AS ICE. A FEW RWY LIGHTS WERE BROKEN, NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT OR INJURY TO ANY PERSON. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL TREAT RAINY CONDITIONS JUST LIKE SNOW OR ICE.

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.