# Incident 19791121045119I: Boeing 727, Houston, TX, November 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1979, 19:08 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406BN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N406BN-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-291 (registry code 138408X, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 159
- 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/19791121045119I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN GEAR SANK IN MUD OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY DURING TAXI. AIRCRAFT RAN OVER TUG DURING RETRIEVAL WORK.

## Other reports on N406BN (1)

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

- [Incident 19890417032249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890417032249I), Apr 17, 1989: Boeing 727291 (N406BN), Topeka, KS. Overshot assigned altitude due to inoperative altimeter and altitude alert.

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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