19841216074109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-223 · Grand Rapids, MI · December 16, 1984

Date
December 16, 1984 · 22:04 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Kent Co International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6828
Reported as
Boeing 727223
People aboard
99
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,600 total4,800 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.

Attempted 140 degree turn onto taxiway, right main gear left pavement. Struck lights and runway sign.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED 140 DEGREE TURN ONTO TAXIWAY, RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEFT PAVEMENT. STRUCK LIGHTS AND RUNWAY SIGN.