36.0726° N, 79.7920° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 3, 1978 · 01:00 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7127
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
24
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,500 total2,050 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.
Plane went outside of white line on side of runway after landing in storm. Knocked out runway lights and signs
As the FAA filed it
PLANE WENT OUTSIDE OF WHITE LINE ON SIDE OF RUNWAY AFTER LANDING IN STORM. KNOCKED OUT RUNWAY LIGHTS AND SIGNS