29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 30, 1978 · 22:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N876MC
Reported as
Rkwell 690A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,200 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.
Pilot landed in very poor weather. Lost directional control on rollout.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED IN VERY POOR WEATHER. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT.