# Incident 19970606017609I: Doug DC932F, Middletown, PA, June 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1997, 06:45 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ABXA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N905AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N905AX-2012-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32F (registry code 3022067, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970606017609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 AT MDT. DURING ROLLOUT, MDT TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO PARKING VIA TAXIWAY DELTA (D). CREW DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY PAST TAXIWAY DELTA (D) AND CONTINUED TO TAXI STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO CLOSED PORTION OF RUNWAY 13. AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED, HELD, VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL, THEN GROUND GUIDED THROUGH A 180 DEGREE TURN AND RETURNED TO A SAFE AREA OF THE AIRPORT. THE LAST 2500 FEET OF RUNWAY 13 WAS CLOSED. RUNWAY IS RESTRICTED TO 6000 FEET FOR LANDING. NOTAM CURRENT, POSTED, AND AVAILABLE TO PIC. ATIS CURRENT AND CREW ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT TO ATC. CREW FAILED TO RECOGNIZE TEMPORARY RUNWAY END MARKINGS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N905AX (1)

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

- [Incident 19930701025009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930701025009I), Jul 1, 1993: Doug DC932F (N905AX), Albany, NY, Minor damage. A ups van attempted to pass between two parked aircraft. Struck left wing tip of N905AX.

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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