# Incident 19871211078139I: Boeing 727281, Richmond, VA, December 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1987, 13:18 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727281
- People aboard: 42
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871211078139I

## Narrative

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

STARTED TO SHIMMY. HAD NO NOSE STEERING. LEFT TAXIWAY INTO GRASS. FOUND TORSION LINK PIN ASSEMBLY FAULTY.

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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