29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 24, 1980 · 14:14 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Aircraft
XASOG
Reported as
Doug DC915
People aboard
65
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Aborted takeoff due to lost power. While taxiing back to gate brakes caught fire.
As the FAA filed it
ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO LOST POWER. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO GATE BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE.