# Incident 19780321010059I: Boeing 727200, Tulsa, OK, March 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1978, 10:47 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CAL
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93738, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93738-2000-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 58
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780321010059I

## Narrative

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

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 19930720041459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930720041459I), Jul 20, 1993: Boeing 727224 (N93738), Cleveland, OH. Lost a system hydraulic quantity. Landed safely. Replaced a defective hydraulic flex hose on NR2 engine.
- [Incident 19930622023369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930622023369I), Jun 22, 1993: Boeing 727224 (N93738), Houston, TX. Smoke in cockpit and cabin on climb. Returned. Landed overweight safely. Appears compressor seal had failed.
- [Incident 19920106001169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920106001169I), Jan 6, 1992: Boeing 727224 (N93738), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. NR2 engine compressor stall on rotation. Returned. NR2 engine nose dome had separated from N-1TACH drive cover.
- [Incident 19840907053259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840907053259I), Sep 7, 1984: Boeing 727224 (N93738), Chicago. Aircraft diverted and made unscheduled landing because number 1 engine start valve light illuminated.
- [Incident 19800503043689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800503043689I), May 3, 1980: Boeing 727224 (N93738), San Antonio, TX. Windshield cracked in flight. No further incident.
- [Incident 19800319032159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800319032159I), Mar 19, 1980: Boeing 727224 (N93738), Houston, TX. Main hydraulic pressure gauge flickered and dropped to zero. Flap control valve leaking.

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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