35.2271° N, 80.8431° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 5, 1983 · 20:45 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Douglas Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N1645
Reported as
Boeing 727295
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
116
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.
Left main gear broke through blacktop during taxi. Passengers were removed. City dug gear out.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE THROUGH BLACKTOP DURING TAXI. PASSENGERS WERE REMOVED. CITY DUG GEAR OUT.