19940127016419I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-227 · Houston, TX · January 27, 1994

Date
January 27, 1994 · 12:40 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N79754
Reported as
Boeing 727227
People aboard
30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total8,300 in this make and model183 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.

Narrative: aircraft taxied to 14L for departure but due to thunderstorm at the departure end of that runway, the crew was instructed to taxi to runway 32R for takeoff via 14L and exit on taxiway wh to taxiway wb. As aircraft turned to align with taxiway wb, the nosewheel lost traction with aircraft coming to stop with nosewheel off the taxiway. Thunderstorms, heavy rain, gusting tailwinds, and standing water existed at the time of this incident. Additionally, the aircraft was lightly loaded with maximum aft in limit center of gravity.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO 14L FOR DEPARTURE BUT DUE TO THUNDERSTORM AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THAT RUNWAY, THE CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 32R FOR TAKEOFF VIA 14L AND EXIT ON TAXIWAY WH TO TAXIWAY WB. AS AIRCRAFT TURNED TO ALIGN WITH TAXIWAY WB, THE NOSEWHEEL LOST TRACTION WITH AIRCRAFT COMING TO STOP WITH NOSEWHEEL OFF THE TAXIWAY. THUNDERSTORMS, HEAVY RAIN, GUSTING TAILWINDS, AND STANDING WATER EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIGHTLY LOADED WITH MAXIMUM AFT IN LIMIT CENTER OF GRAVITY.

Other reports on N79754 · 2

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