# Incident 19941227046809I: Boeing 72721, Van Nuys, CA, December 27, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1994, 09:37 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260GS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72721
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941227046809I

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO AREA THIN ASPHALT. MAIN GEAR SANK INTO ASPHALT.PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD ATS DIRECTION.ATS GAVE WRONG TURN.

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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