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A crj-700 taxied onto a ramp with nil braking and used maximum reverse to stop the aircraft from colliding with another aircraft. Airport authorities treated the ramp before the aircraft could taxi to the gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 815693 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Ice |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 700 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 815693 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : regained aircraft control |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Environmental Factor Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
As I was taxiing aircraft onto the ramp at a very slow speed; the aircraft started to slide uncontrollably. Directly in front of us was a parked B717. I had fully depressed both brake pedals with no response. I immediately deployed both thrust reversers to full power. The aircraft turned 90 degrees to the left and stopped just 20 ft shy of the parked B717. Once the aircraft came to a stop; I set the parking brake and called the tower to let them know what had just occurred. They dispatched a dump truck full of sand; and sanded all around the aircraft. The dump truck then led me into the gate; with no other problems. Weather conditions and poor planning on the city's part for not having the ramp in a safe condition for aircraft to be able to taxi. Lights that are also on the ramp cause a glare to where we had a hard time noticing there was ice present. The city should have put chemicals or sand on the ramp. We ran the flight on time. They knew we were coming and a previous aircraft reported to the tower the ramp and taxiway braking was less than good. It was nil 30 minutes later when we arrived.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CRJ-700 taxied onto a ramp with NIL braking and used maximum reverse to stop the aircraft from colliding with another aircraft. Airport authorities treated the ramp before the aircraft could taxi to the gate.
Narrative: As I was taxiing aircraft onto the ramp at a very slow speed; the aircraft started to slide uncontrollably. Directly in front of us was a parked B717. I had fully depressed both brake pedals with no response. I immediately deployed both thrust reversers to full power. The aircraft turned 90 degrees to the left and stopped just 20 ft shy of the parked B717. Once the aircraft came to a stop; I set the parking brake and called the Tower to let them know what had just occurred. They dispatched a dump truck full of sand; and sanded all around the aircraft. The dump truck then led me into the gate; with no other problems. Weather conditions and poor planning on the city's part for not having the ramp in a safe condition for aircraft to be able to taxi. Lights that are also on the ramp cause a glare to where we had a hard time noticing there was ice present. The city should have put chemicals or sand on the ramp. We ran the flight on time. They knew we were coming and a previous aircraft reported to the Tower the ramp and taxiway braking was less than good. It was nil 30 minutes later when we arrived.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.