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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A319114 · Washington, DC · February 21, 2007

Date
February 21, 2007 · 21:14 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Natl
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Reported as
Airbus A319114
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,232 total9,154 in this make and model243 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Nw 1566 became deeply embedded in the snow and ice while taxiing at dca. The crew was exiting runway 19 via a right turn onto runway 22. Rather than continuing the right turn onto taxiway d, the crew continued onto a closed portion of runway 22 and the aircraft became stuck in ice and snow. The affected area of runway 22 was closed by the metropolitan Washington airport authority (mwaa) and the information disseminated to northwest airlines via 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 was towed to the gate without further incident. There were no injuries and no damage to the aircraft,

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NW 1566 BECAME DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE SNOW AND ICE WHILE TAXIING AT DCA. THE CREW WAS EXITING RUNWAY 19 VIA A RIGHT TURN ONTO RUNWAY 22. RATHER THAN CONTINUING THE RIGHT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY D, THE CREW CONTINUED ONTO A CLOSED PORTION OF RUNWAY 22 AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK IN ICE AND SNOW. THE AFFECTED AREA OF RUNWAY 22 WAS CLOSED BY THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MWAA) AND THE INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES VIA 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 WAS TOWED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT,