# Incident 19961123044429I: Boeing 727225, Milwaukee, WI, November 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1996, 17:25 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RIVA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8861E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961123044429I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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