34.2098° N, 118.4900° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 27, 1994 · 09:37 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N260GS
Reported as
Boeing 72721
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25,000 total10,000 in this make and model110 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.
Taxied into area thin asphalt. Main gear sank into asphalt. Pilot misunderstood ats direction. Ats gave wrong turn.
As the FAA filed it
TAXIED INTO AREA THIN ASPHALT. MAIN GEAR SANK INTO ASPHALT.PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD ATS DIRECTION.ATS GAVE WRONG TURN.