# Incident 19940416020749I: Aerosp ATR42320, Newark, NJ, April 16, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1994, 19:05 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47801, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47801-1997-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,300 total, 4,700 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940416020749I

## Narrative

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

BRAKES FAILED WHILE TAXIING TO GATE.DEPARTED TAXIWAY AND CAME TO REST ON ADJACENT GRASS AREA.

## Other reports on N47801 (2)

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

- [Incident 19910717038169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910717038169I), Jul 17, 1991: Aerosp ATR42320 (N47801), Houston, TX. Lost control while taxiing. No nose wheel steering and no toe brakes. Weight-on-wheel switch in wrong position.
- [Incident 19881009054009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881009054009I), Oct 9, 1988: Aerosp ATR42300 (N47801), Houston, TX, Minor damage. NR2 engine on fire after start. Used emergency procedures and fire bottle. Evacuated aircraft. Prop brake overheated

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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