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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Houston, TX · July 4, 1983

Date
July 4, 1983 · 18:50 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N734
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
113
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.

During taxi #4 main tire blew out after striking a runway taxiway light.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI #4 MAIN TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER STRIKING A RUNWAY TAXIWAY LIGHT.