37.5052° N, 77.3197° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND INTL (RIC), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 31, 1981 · 18:09 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Richmond
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N8817
Reported as
Boeing 727
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,252 total3,897 in this make and model137 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.
Taxied off hard surface during taxi for takeoff. Became stuck in mud.
As the FAA filed it
TAXIED OFF HARD SURFACE DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF. BECAME STUCK IN MUD.