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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Tulsa, OK · March 21, 1978

Date: March 21, 1978 · 10:47 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CAL
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N93738
Reported as: Boeing 727200
People aboard: 58
Fatal injuries: 5
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total4,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N93738Registration cancelled Apr 12, 2000 · Boeing 727-224S/N 20666 Airframe modelBoeing 727-224

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 cut sort during turn onto taxiway. Main gear sank deeply into the mud. Then main collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CUT SORT DURING TURN ONTO TAXIWAY. MAIN GEAR SANK DEEPLY INTO THE MUD. THEN MAIN COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N93738 · 6

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19930720041459INormal Cruise · Cleveland, OHLost a system hydraulic quantity. Landed safely. Replaced a defective hydraulic flex hose on NR2 engine.Jul 20, 1993 Incident 19930622023369IForced/Precautionary Landing · Houston, TXSmoke in cockpit and cabin on climb. Returned. Landed overweight safely. Appears compressor seal had failed.Jun 22, 1993 Incident 19920106001169IForced/Precautionary Landing · Omaha, NENR2 engine compressor stall on rotation. Returned. NR2 engine nose dome had separated from N-1TACH drive cover.Jan 6, 1992 · Minor damage Incident 19840907053259INormal Cruise · ChicagoAircraft diverted and made unscheduled landing because number 1 engine start valve light illuminated.Sep 7, 1984 Incident 19800503043689INormal Cruise · San Antonio, TXWindshield cracked in flight. No further incident.May 3, 1980 Incident 19800319032159INormal Cruise · Houston, TXMain hydraulic pressure gauge flickered and dropped to zero. Flap control valve leaking.Mar 19, 1980