# Incident 19790213005019I: Boeing 737222, Muskegon, MI, February 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1979, 20:36 local time
- Place: Muskegon, MI
- Airport: Co
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- Location: 43.2265° N, 86.2572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muskegon, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2265&lon=-86.2572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9009U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9009U-1999-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 68
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790213005019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED ONTO UNPLOWED SNOW COVERED TAXIWAY. BECAME STUCK. TAXIWAY HAD LIGHTS ON SUGGESTING IT WAS OPEN.

## Other reports on N9009U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19961211044319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961211044319I), Dec 11, 1996: Boeing 737222 (N9009U), Lancaster, TX. Narrative: passenger used profanity to flight attendant while aircraft was preparing to leave lincoln, NE. Captain returned to gate and passenger was removed…

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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