19950430019489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD-88 · Grand Rapids, MI · April 30, 1995

Date
April 30, 1995 · 22:03 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Kent County International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N951DL
Reported as
Doug MD88
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D*
People aboard
70
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total162 in this make and model100 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.

Ran off taxiway into mud trying to make a hard left turn to align with taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OFF TAXIWAY INTO MUD TRYING TO MAKE A HARD LEFT TURN TO ALIGN WITH TAXIWAY.