29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 21, 1983 · 22:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N735PA
Reported as
Boeing 747121
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
78
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.
Pilot taxied into mud between inner taxiway and outer taxiway. Passengers deplaned. Aircraft towed back on pavement
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TAXIED INTO MUD BETWEEN INNER TAXIWAY AND OUTER TAXIWAY. PASSENGERS DEPLANED. AIRCRAFT TOWED BACK ON PAVEMENT