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Incident

FAA incident report · Lkheed 188C · Houston, TX · September 16, 1981

Date
September 16, 1981 · 17:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Hobby
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
GATA
Aircraft
N8355C
Reported as
Lkheed 188C
Reported engine
Allison 501D*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total21 in this make and model45 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.

Tried to avoid barricade on taxiway. Right main wheel went off taxiway and sank into mud. Had to be towed out.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO AVOID BARRICADE ON TAXIWAY. RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WENT OFF TAXIWAY AND SANK INTO MUD. HAD TO BE TOWED OUT.