# Incident 20070221004719I: Airbus A320*, Washington, DC, February 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2007, 16:40 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Ronald Reagan Washington Natl
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 38.8521° N, 77.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8521&lon=-77.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,018 total, 7,533 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070221004719I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) NW 1270 BECAME DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE SNOW AND ICE WHILE TAXIING AT DCA. THE CREW WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI TO THE GATE VIA A CLOSED TAXIWAY (P). GROUND CONTROL INTERVENED AND DIRECTED THEM BACK TOWARD THE OPEN TAXIWAY (K). DURING THE TURN REVERSAL, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK IN ICE AND SNOW. THE AFFECTED AREA, TAXIWAY P, WAS CLOSED BY THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MWAA) AND THE INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES VIA A FIELD CONDITION REPORT. THIS REPORT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CREW PRIOR TO THEIR FLIGHT WITHIN THE DISPATCH RELEASE. A TUG WAS ABLE TO FREE THE AIRCRAFT AND IT TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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