27.9794° N, 82.7713° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 17, 1978 · 18:11 local
Place
Clearwater, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WRL
Aircraft
N801WA
Reported as
Doug DC863
People aboard
106
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total1,300 in this make and model0 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.
Pilot making a 180 on runway after landing. Nose wheel dropped off runway edge into soft dirt.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MAKING A 180 ON RUNWAY AFTER LANDING. NOSE WHEEL DROPPED OFF RUNWAY EDGE INTO SOFT DIRT.