# Incident 19940128004679I: Doug DC932, Washington, DC, January 28, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1994, 09:50 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VJ6A
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3339L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 106
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,700 total, 256 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA94IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA94IA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940128004679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TAKEOFF, AT APPROXIMATELY 80-85 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. THE PIC MADE THE DECISION TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DRIFTED BACK TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. IT CROSSED A TAXIWAY AND A GRASSY AREA AND CAME TO REST ON THE TAXIWAY WHICH PARALLELS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EVACUATED. IT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE GATE WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA94IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA94IA032), Jan 28, 1994: Douglas DC-9-32 (N3339L), Chantilly, VA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's failure to maintain directional control during a rejected takeoff. Contributing factors were the wet and icy runway.

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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