19781213025079I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC932 · Bangor, ME · December 13, 1978

Date
December 13, 1978 · 20:20 local
Place
Bangor, ME
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N1275L
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

While taxiing to takeoff position, pilot lost directional control due to ice at approach end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF POSITION, PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO ICE AT APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.