# Incident 19791101056229I: Boeing 727, St Louis, MO, November 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1979
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8881Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8881Z-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 136
- 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/19791101056229I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK IN MUD WHEN RIGHT MAIN GEAR WENT OFF RUNWAY DURING TAXI WHILE TURNING.

## Other reports on N8881Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19980311007999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980311007999I), Mar 11, 1998: Boeing 727200 (N8881Z), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: this office was notified on 3/11/98 at 1430 LCL that a kiwi aircraft had been vandalized and or damaged by snow removal equipment. The damage was…
- [Incident 19801207086409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801207086409I), Dec 7, 1980: Boeing 727225 (N8881Z), Washington, DC. Zg zk as flaps were lowered, a hydraulic system quantity depleted. Flexible pressure hose disconnected.

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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