39.0351° N, 84.5196° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 3, 1980 · 19:56 local
Place
Covington, KY
Airport
Greater Cincinnat
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N459DA
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
103
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,109 total2,945 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 turned off runway short & got right main landing gear off paved surface. It sank into mud.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TURNED OFF RUNWAY SHORT & GOT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OFF PAVED SURFACE. IT SANK INTO MUD.