# Incident 19820203006899I: Boeing 727, Tulsa, OK, February 3, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1982, 19:00 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WALA
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2816W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2816W-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 85
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,022 total, 1,667 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820203006899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TURNED TOO SOON ON TAXIWAY AND WHEEL SANK INTO THE DIRT. PASSENGERS REMOVED AND AIRCRAFT PULLED ON TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N2816W (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910729035529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910729035529I), Jul 29, 1991: Boeing 727247 (N2816W), San Antonio, TX. Lost hydraulic system after departure. Returned. Hydraulic flex line in tail leaking.
- [Incident 19790330012969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330012969I), Mar 30, 1979: Boeing 727247 (N2816W), Las Vegas, NV. Ar APU caught fire during hot start. Discharged bottle and shut off fuel. No other damage.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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