# Incident 19970331007989I: Doug DC983, Syracuse, NY, March 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1997, 17:18 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N436AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N436AA-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- People aboard: 97
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970331007989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 31, 1997, AT 1718 LOCAL TIME, A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-83, N436AA, REGISTERED TO AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON "ALPHA" AND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SLID OFF THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE GRASS AND SUNK INTO THE MUD. THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY AND ALL 91 PASSENGERS AND 6 CREW MEMBERS WERE DEPLANED AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND AMERICAN AIRLINES' MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AS PER THE MCDONNEL DOUGLAS MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND AMERICAN AIRLINES WORKCARD NUMBER DR059210, AND THEN RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N436AA (1)

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

- [Incident 20000106002589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000106002589I), Jan 6, 2000: Doug DC983 (N436AA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. This incidnet occured during a power back departure from gate 33A at dfw. Guideman briefed capt that a tail left would be directed, normal for this gate. After…

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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