40.1141° N, 88.2746° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 2, 1982 · 19:30 local
Place
Champaign, IL
Airport
University Of Ill
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CAPA
Aircraft
N907CL
Reported as
Doug DC8*
People aboard
226
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.
Zw misjudged turn from taxiway to ramp. Airplane had to be towed out of snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
ZW MISJUDGED TURN FROM TAXIWAY TO RAMP. AIRPLANE HAD TO BE TOWED OUT OF SNOWBANK.