# Incident 19901205063009I: Boeing 727228, Birmingham, AL, December 5, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1990, 17:58 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N722DH-1999-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-228 (registry code 1384083, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-228) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727228
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 14,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901205063009I

## Narrative

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

WHEN PILOT BACKED AIRCRAFT FROM HOLD-SHORT LINE THE RIGHT GEAR LEFT TAXIWAY AND SANK INTO SOFT GROUND.

## Other reports on N722DH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980831022439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980831022439A), Aug 31, 1998: Boeing 727228 (N722DH), New York, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft lost number two engine after take off and returned to land on runway 22R at jfk airport. During roll out the right main gear collapsed causing…

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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