42.3314° N, 83.0458° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 11, 1981 · 01:59 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N9672
Reported as
Boeing 747123
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.
Cut turn short while exiting runway for taxiway. Nose wheel went off taxiway into soft ground. Unload to pull out.
As the FAA filed it
CUT TURN SHORT WHILE EXITING RUNWAY FOR TAXIWAY. NOSE WHEEL WENT OFF TAXIWAY INTO SOFT GROUND. UNLOAD TO PULL OUT.