# Incident 19970529017489I: Boeing 727222, Grand Rapids, MI, May 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1997, 11:50 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent County International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7275U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7275U-2006-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (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: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 66
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970529017489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 29, 1997, AT 11:50 EST, A B-727, N7275U, WHILE TAXIING ON TAXIWAY D&F RIGHT MAIN TIRES WENT OFF PAVEMENT INTO THE DIRT, WHERE IT THEN GOT STUCK. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO INJURIES AND PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED VIA REAR STAIRS AT THE TAXIWAY.

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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