# Incident 19940210024889I: Doug DC9*, Evansville, IN, February 10, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1994, 11:05 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Dress Regional
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR957 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9*
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940210024889I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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