RWY EXCURSION BY ACR MLG IN TAXI PROC PREPARING FOR TKOF.
Synopsis
RWY EXCURSION BY ACR MLG IN TAXI PROC PREPARING FOR TKOF.
Narrative
WE TAXIED OUT OF THE GATE FOLLOWING DEICE/ANTI-ICE PROCS. VEHICLES ON THE TXWY BLOCKED US BRIEFLY AND WE WENT BEYOND THE DEICE HOLDOVER TIME AND HAD TO RECEIVE DEICING AT THRESHOLD. DSM TWR WAS RPTING LIGHT RAIN; 19 DEGS F; 8 MI VISIBILITY AND WIND 080/09. RWY 13L RPTED CLR; SANDED AND SPRAYED; BRAKING ACTION FAIR BY LNDG ACFT. WHILE SLOWLY TAKING RWY 13L FOR TKOF; THE NOSE GEAR LOST TRACTION AND ACFT SKIDDED TO R SIDE OF RWY. ACFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND NO PAX OR CREW INJURY. NO ARPT DAMAGE. AFTER A LONG WAIT BUSSES WERE SENT TO TAKE OUR PAX BACK TO TERMINAL AND WE HAD ACFT TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: FREEZING RAIN; LATE TWR DISCOVERY OF BRAKING ACTION. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY OUR INABILITY TO HOLD ANY TRACTION ON RWY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: ARPT IMMEDIATELY RESANDED AND SPRAYED RWY. MY PERCEPTIONS: I WILL BE MUCH MORE HESITANT TO LEAVE THE GATE IN THE FUTURE WITH FREEZING RAIN CONDITIONS. FORTUNATELY; NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO 'METAL BENT;' BUT I WILL BE MORE AWARE OF RWY CONDITIONS AND SANDING OR CLRING INTERVALS IN THE FUTURE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.