39.7684° N, 86.1580° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 25, 1979 · 10:21 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
NR181
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total2,500 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.
Aircraft slid across runway. Both engines in reverse. Nose and main gear into mud.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS RUNWAY. BOTH ENGINES IN REVERSE. NOSE AND MAIN GEAR INTO MUD.