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B737 PIC uses differential thrust, including reverse thrust, to initiate a turn on the runway at kodiak, ak. The brakes and nosewheel steering were ineffective on the ice covered runway. The braking action had been erroneously reported as 'good.'
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 389110 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : adq |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 14600 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 389110 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control flight crew : exited adverse environment |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Turn around area of runway 36 very slippery. Used reverse on 1 engine and thrust on other engine to initiate a turn. Brakes and nosewheel steering gave no response. Runway braking action reported as good. Reported our finding to tower and airport, sand applied after our departure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 PIC USES DIFFERENTIAL THRUST, INCLUDING REVERSE THRUST, TO INITIATE A TURN ON THE RWY AT KODIAK, AK. THE BRAKES AND NOSEWHEEL STEERING WERE INEFFECTIVE ON THE ICE COVERED RWY. THE BRAKING ACTION HAD BEEN ERRONEOUSLY RPTED AS 'GOOD.'
Narrative: TURN AROUND AREA OF RWY 36 VERY SLIPPERY. USED REVERSE ON 1 ENG AND THRUST ON OTHER ENG TO INITIATE A TURN. BRAKES AND NOSEWHEEL STEERING GAVE NO RESPONSE. RWY BRAKING ACTION RPTED AS GOOD. RPTED OUR FINDING TO TWR AND ARPT, SAND APPLIED AFTER OUR DEP.
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.