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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737210C · Belize, BH · July 17, 1988

Date
July 17, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Belize, BH
Airport
Belize International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
TACA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4905W
Reported as
Boeing 737210C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7
People aboard
59
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,883 total6,863 in this make and model135 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.

Reversers malfunctioned. Aircraft hydroplaned. Pilot skidded to right to keep from running off end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

REVERSERS MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT HYDROPLANED. PILOT SKIDDED TO RIGHT TO KEEP FROM RUNNING OFF END OF RUNWAY.