# Incident 19960202002859I: Doug DC9, Memphis, TN, February 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1996, 19:08 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N766NC-2014-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 11,000 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/19960202002859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEB. 2, 1996 AT 7:08 PM CDT, NWAL DC-9 AIRCRAFT N766NC LANDED ON MEMPHIS, TN RUNWAY 36C AND MADE A NORMAL TURN TO TAXIWAY E. TURNING SLOW FROM A DRY RUNWAY THE TAXIWAY WAS FOUND TO BE COVERED WITH ICE. WITH A 26 KNOT WIND AND A CHANGE IN THE SURFACE FROM DRY TO ICE THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. A TUG WAS BROUGHT OUT TO TOW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GATE. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FAA CERTIFICATE HOLDING OFFICE POI HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

## Other reports on N766NC (3)

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

- [Incident 19860929065949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860929065949I), Sep 29, 1986: Doug DC951 (N766NC), Ft Smith, AR. Passenger discarded a lighted cigarette in trash container in aft lavatory. Smoke detector went off. Fire put out.
- [Incident 19850123005459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850123005459I), Jan 23, 1985: Doug DC951 (N766NC), Boston, MA. Pilot returned for landing because of unsafe nose gear indication. Inspected, serviced strut, returned to service.
- [Incident 19841030075379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841030075379I), Oct 30, 1984: Doug DC951 (N766NC), Romulus, MI, Substantial damage. During turn between concours tail struck another parked DC9. Company had changed arrival gate.

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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