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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A319-131 · Washington, DC · February 21, 2007

Date
February 21, 2007 · 23:55 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Natl
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N854UA
Reported as
Airbus A319131
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,159 total417 in this make and model173 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) After landing on runway 1 at dca, ual 628 was given instructions to "taxi to the gate." The path that the crew chose included taxiway K1. Taxiway K1 was closed by the metropolitan Washington airport authority (mwaa) and the information disseminated to united airlines via a field condition report. It is unknown if this report was made available to the crew prior to their flight withing the dispatch release as united airlines would not release this information to the FAA. The closure was not mentioned on ATIS or by the ATC controllers. The aircraft became stuck in the snow and ice on the closed runway. The crew shut down the aircraft and the passengers were deplaned at that position and bussed to the terminal. A towing company 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) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 1 AT DCA, UAL 628 WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO "TAXI TO THE GATE." THE PATH THAT THE CREW CHOSE INCLUDED TAXIWAY K1. TAXIWAY K1 WAS CLOSED BY THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MWAA) AND THE INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO UNITED AIRLINES VIA A FIELD CONDITION REPORT. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS REPORT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CREW PRIOR TO THEIR FLIGHT WITHING THE DISPATCH RELEASE AS UNITED AIRLINES WOULD NOT RELEASE THIS INFORMATION TO THE FAA. THE CLOSURE WAS NOT MENTIONED ON ATIS OR BY THE ATC CONTROLLERS. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK IN THE SNOW AND ICE ON THE CLOSED RUNWAY. THE CREW SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AT THAT POSITION AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. A TOWING COMPANY 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.