29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 17, 1988 · 19:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Aircraft
GBEBM
Reported as
Doug DC10*
People aboard
114
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Departed taxiway into soft ground taxiing for takeoff. Passengers were deplaned. Aircraft then returned to gate.
As the FAA filed it
DEPARTED TAXIWAY INTO SOFT GROUND TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED. AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO GATE.