41.8231° N, 71.4188° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Providence, RI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 14, 1985 · 21:30 local
Place
Providence, RI
Airport
Providence
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N768N
Reported as
Boeing 737201
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,773 total2,263 in this make and model154 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 did not taxi as instructed and went into unlighted ramp area. Became stuck in grass.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT DID NOT TAXI AS INSTRUCTED AND WENT INTO UNLIGHTED RAMP AREA. BECAME STUCK IN GRASS.