# Incident 19940127016419I: Boeing 727227, Houston, TX, January 27, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1994, 12:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79754, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79754-2007-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 8,300 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940127016419I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20060531009399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060531009399I), May 31, 2006: Boeing 727227 (N79754), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On may 31, 2006 express net flt 204 a B-727-200 advised ATC of a hydraulic problem after gear retraction and declared an emergency. With emergency…
- [Accident 19930309011629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930309011629A), Mar 9, 1993: Boeing 727227 (N79754), Houston, TX. TCAS issued hard resolution alert to climb. Turned on seat belt sign. Abrupt climb. Traffic T38. Passenger injured.

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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