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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727225 · Milwaukee, WI · November 23, 1996

Date
November 23, 1996 · 17:25 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
General Mitchell Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
RIVA
Aircraft
N8861E
Reported as
Boeing 727225
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total1,500 in this make and model60 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.

Narrative: carnival airlines flight 8761, repositioning flight to toronto, Canada. Taxi clearnace from signature north to runway 7R was via taxiway f, e and a. aircraft took f to F1. Ground control noticed aircraft was on wrong taxiway. Ground control told him it was ok to continue. While negotiating a turn the aircraft's left gear departed the taxiway and the aircraft became stuck. External ground support equipment was required to free the aircraft. Incident did not disrupt normal airport operations. Milwaukee airport has had on-going construction at the north end this year for realignment of runway 25R/7L and addition of new taxiway F1 and F2. Jeppesen airport chart 10-9 dated 21 jun 96 was current and in the possession of the flight crew. The depicted construction is subject to misreading ground control told flight 8761 it was ok to continue when in fact taxiway F1 is too narrow (50') for a B-727-225. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: CARNIVAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 8761, REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO TORONTO, CANADA. TAXI CLEARNACE FROM SIGNATURE NORTH TO RUNWAY 7R WAS VIA TAXIWAY F, E AND A. AIRCRAFT TOOK F TO F1. GROUND CONTROL NOTICED AIRCRAFT WAS ON WRONG TAXIWAY. GROUND CONTROL TOLD HIM IT WAS OK TO CONTINUE. WHILE NEGOTIATING A TURN THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT GEAR DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK. EXTERNAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT WAS REQUIRED TO FREE THE AIRCRAFT. INCIDENT DID NOT DISRUPT NORMAL AIRPORT OPERATIONS. MILWAUKEE AIRPORT HAS HAD ON-GOING CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTH END THIS YEAR FOR REALIGNMENT OF RUNWAY 25R/7L AND ADDITION OF NEW TAXIWAY F1 AND F2. JEPPESEN AIRPORT CHART 10-9 DATED 21 JUN 96 WAS CURRENT AND IN THE POSSESSION OF THE FLIGHT CREW. THE DEPICTED CONSTRUCTION IS SUBJECT TO MISREADING GROUND CONTROL TOLD FLIGHT 8761 IT WAS OK TO CONTINUE WHEN IN FACT TAXIWAY F1 IS TOO NARROW (50') FOR A B-727-225. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^