# Incident 19781129024299I: Doug DC861, Houston, TX, November 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1978, 15:35 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FTL
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N862FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC861
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,987 total, 4,598 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79IA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781129024299I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH HEADING ABOUT 20 DEGREE LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING.OFF SIDE INTO MUD THEN BACK ON RNWY

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW79IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79IA017), Nov 29, 1978: Douglas DC-8-6 (N862FT), Houston, TX, incident, minor damage

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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