# Incident 19960408010479I: Doug DC981, Binghamton, NY, April 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1996, 08:40 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814US-2002-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81) (registry code 3022081, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-81-md-81) (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 DC981
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960408010479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 4/8/96 AT 0840 EDT, A DOUGLAS MD-80, N814US, FLIGHT 675, OPERATED BY USAIR AIRLINE. DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF, OVER STEERED ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY AND WENT OVER THE NOSE GEAR STEERING LIMITS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. MECHANIC RETURNED NOSE GEAR TO NORMAL LIMITS PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 32-50-00, PAGE 102. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N814US (1)

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

- [Incident 19971108040769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971108040769I), Nov 8, 1997: Doug DC981 (N814US), Syracuse, NY. NR2 gyro compass system failed. Diverted syr. Replaced same.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.