# Incident 19981125044469I: Doug DC983, Fairbanks, AK, November 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1998, 00:13 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N976AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N976AS-2015-03-30) (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 JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- People aboard: 35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,277 total, 6,138 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981125044469I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXING FOR TAKEOF AT NIGHT, PILOT BELIEVED SNOW COVERED PLOWED AREA ADJACENT TO RAMP TO BE A PAVED SURFACE AJOINING A TAXIWAY, PLOWED AREA WAS IN FACT FROZEN TURF.

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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