What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: on the above date and time inspectors, mark m. mcconaughy and James l. jackson responded to the Dayton international airport on the complaint of a DC-8 in the mud. The crew was unavailable, having already left the area. Howard lyons of day tower advised that the aircraft had "landed long", and had rolled into a part of the runway that had not been used for some length of time. The crew was questioned on rollout as to braking conditions. To which they responded, poor. Mr. Lyons further stated the aircraft was moving extremely slow as it exited the runway (6L). As the aircraft turned left onto taxiway "zulu" it went through 90 degrees of turn. Both nose tires and the front and rear left main tires ended up in the mud off the west side of the taxiway. Weather conditions at the time of the incident was freezing rain. These conditions had existed for several hours preceeding the incident. Inspection of the scene of the incident, revealed the taxiway covered with ice. Breaking action on that taxiway was "nil" as we determined by vehicle and by attempting to walk on the surface. The tower indicated that the taxiway had not been treated for sometime as it was not being used. The aircraft had been removed to the emery ramp. The aircraft was operated by arrow air out of miami, Florida. The aircraft was a DC-8-62, manufactured in 1967. Inspection of the aircraft revealed mud on the left front and rear main tires, and nose tires. Arrow air's mechanic had conducted an inspection of the aircraft. He advised that no damage was visible on the aircraft and that he would be returning the aircraft to service. privacy data omitted Mark m. mcconaughy, aviation safety inspector.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME INSPECTORS, MARK M. MCCONAUGHY AND JAMES L. JACKSON RESPONDED TO THE DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE COMPLAINT OF A DC-8 IN THE MUD. THE CREW WAS UNAVAILABLE, HAVING ALREADY LEFT THE AREA. HOWARD LYONS OF DAY TOWER ADVISED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD "LANDED LONG", AND HAD ROLLED INTO A PART OF THE RUNWAY THAT HAD NOT BEEN USED FOR SOME LENGTH OF TIME. THE CREW WAS QUESTIONED ON ROLLOUT AS TO BRAKING CONDITIONS. TO WHICH THEY RESPONDED, POOR. MR. LYONS FURTHER STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING EXTREMELY SLOW AS IT EXITED THE RUNWAY (6L). AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT ONTO TAXIWAY "ZULU" IT WENT THROUGH 90 DEGREES OF TURN. BOTH NOSE TIRES AND THE FRONT AND REAR LEFT MAIN TIRES ENDED UP IN THE MUD OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS FREEZING RAIN. THESE CONDITIONS HAD EXISTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS PRECEEDING THE INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT, REVEALED THE TAXIWAY COVERED WITH ICE. BREAKING ACTION ON THAT TAXIWAY WAS "NIL" AS WE DETERMINED BY VEHICLE AND BY ATTEMPTING TO WALK ON THE SURFACE. THE TOWER INDICATED THAT THE TAXIWAY HAD NOT BEEN TREATED FOR SOMETIME AS IT WAS NOT BEING USED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REMOVED TO THE EMERY RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY ARROW AIR OUT OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A DC-8-62, MANUFACTURED IN 1967. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MUD ON THE LEFT FRONT AND REAR MAIN TIRES, AND NOSE TIRES. ARROW AIR'S MECHANIC HAD CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE ADVISED THAT NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE ON THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WOULD BE RETURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MARK M. MCCONAUGHY, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR.