# Incident 19841216074109I: Boeing 727223, Grand Rapids, MI, December 16, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1984, 22:04 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent Co International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6828, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6828-1994-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 99
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,600 total, 4,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841216074109I

## Narrative

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

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

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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