# Incident 19980711021879I: Doug DC932, Las Vegas, NV, July 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1998, 21:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209ME-2006-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (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: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,145 total, 1,306 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980711021879I

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO A DITCH. BECAME STUCK. PILOT ERROR IN TAXIING. DAMAGED BELLY AND LONGERON.

## Other reports on N209ME (1)

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

- [Incident 19961218042569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961218042569I), Dec 18, 1996: Doug DC932 (N209ME), Omaha, NE. Narrative: on December 18, 1996, approximately 0700 CST, midwest express, inc., flight 30 departed Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE enroute to los angeles…

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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