# Incident 19970129005189I: Doug DC873F, Louisville, KY, January 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1997, 04:40 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International Apt
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N840UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N840UP-2011-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-73F (registry code 302199F, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC873F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,585 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/19970129005189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT CAPT. SIEMS WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF UPS FLIGHT #918, A DC-8-73, BETWEEN LOUISVILLE, KY AND ONTARIO, CAL. WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY 19 FOR TAKEOFF, CAPT. SIEMS WAS TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY "P" FROM TAXIWAY "F". HE TURNED TOO SHORT AND THE RIGHT MLG LEFT THE TAXIWAY AND MIRED IN THE MUD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N840UP (1)

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

- [Incident 19841206073579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841206073579I), Dec 6, 1984: Doug DC863F (N840UP), Louisville, KY. On takeoff roll, on snow plowed runway with fair braking, nr 4 engine came up slower. Yawed, nose gear off runway.

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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