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FAA incident report · Doug DC9* · Evansville, IN · February 10, 1994

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

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Date
February 10, 1994 · 11:05 local
Place
Evansville, IN
Airport
Evansville Dress Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
NR957
Reported as
Doug DC9*
People aboard
36
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total3,000 in this make and model180 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: the edges of the intersecting taxiways were snow and ice covered and were not easily discernible to the crew. The crew turned to stay on the appropriate taxiway to runway 4 and assumed a hard surface under the nose gear. When the nose gear went off the edge of the intersection, the aircraft was brought to a stop. No further action is anticipated. A usair DC-9-30, N939, went off the taxiway with the nose gear while taxiing out for takeoff on runway 4 at Dress regional airport in Evansville, Indiana. The aircraft was taxiing to the active via taxiway gulf. When the aircraft reached the intersection of taxiway gulf and taxiway hotel, a "y" shaped intersection, the aircraft was turned to proceed up taxiway gulf but the nose gear slid off the hard surface at the corner of the intersecting taxiways. The "y" shaped edges of the intersection were covered with snow.. The captain immediately stopped the aircraft and called for ground assistance. All 32 passengers were deplaned and bussed to the terminal. The aircraft was then tugged about six feet back to the hard surface of the taxiway. There were no injuries to passengers or crew and no damage to the aircraft. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE EDGES OF THE INTERSECTING TAXIWAYS WERE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND WERE NOT EASILY DISCERNIBLE TO THE CREW. THE CREW TURNED TO STAY ON THE APPROPRIATE TAXIWAY TO RUNWAY 4 AND ASSUMED A HARD SURFACE UNDER THE NOSE GEAR. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WENT OFF THE EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP. NO FURTHER ACTION IS ANTICIPATED. A USAIR DC-9-30, N939, WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 4 AT DRESS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE VIA TAXIWAY GULF. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY GULF AND TAXIWAY HOTEL, A "Y" SHAPED INTERSECTION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED TO PROCEED UP TAXIWAY GULF BUT THE NOSE GEAR SLID OFF THE HARD SURFACE AT THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTING TAXIWAYS. THE "Y" SHAPED EDGES OF THE INTERSECTION WERE COVERED WITH SNOW.. THE CAPTAIN IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED FOR GROUND ASSISTANCE. ALL 32 PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TUGGED ABOUT SIX FEET BACK TO THE HARD SURFACE OF THE TAXIWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.