# Incident 20070221005369I: Airbus A319131, Washington, DC, February 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2007, 23:55 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Ronald Reagan Washington Natl
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- 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: N854UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N854UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-131 (registry code 3940001, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319131
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,159 total, 417 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070221005369I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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