21.9760° N, 159.3390° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 18, 1981 · 07:13 local
Place
Lihue, HI
Airport
Lihue
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
HALA
Aircraft
N829HA
Reported as
Doug DC980
People aboard
77
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total200 in this make and model150 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 unable to complete turnaround on runway due to water on painted runway markings. Skidded off runway into mud.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT UNABLE TO COMPLETE TURNAROUND ON RUNWAY DUE TO WATER ON PAINTED RUNWAY MARKINGS. SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY INTO MUD.