# Incident 19990309021449I: Doug DC863F, Indianapolis, IN, March 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1999, 16:05 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RRXA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921R-2011-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63F (registry code 302198H, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B (registry code 52039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 5,800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990309021449I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT IND, THE DC-8 WAS TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY A. THE FIRST OFFICER NOTICED THE CAPTAIN HAD SLUMPED OVER IN HIS SEAT AND DID NOT RESPOND TO HIS NAME BEING CALLED BY BOTH THE FIRST OFFICER AND THE FLIGHT ENGINEER.  THE FIRST OFFICER WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT FROM HIS SEAT POSITION AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 32 AS THE FIRST OFFICER WAS ATTEMPTING TO BRING IT TO A STOP.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE SOFT GROUND APPROX. 20 TO 30 FEET BEYOND THE PAVEMENT.  THE FIRST OFFICER CONTACTED GROUND CONTROL AND REQUESTED THAT AN AMBULANCE BE BROUGHT OUT TO ASSIST THE CAPTAIN.  THE CAPTAIN WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND LATER EXPIRED.

## Other reports on N921R (3)

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

- [Incident 20030214006809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030214006809I), Feb 14, 2003: Doug DC863F (N921R), Smyrna, TN, Minor damage. (-23) On landing hit the #one engine on the runway and blew a tire. Landing downwind/crosswind with rain. Apparently corrected late during the landing phase,…
- [Incident 19980718029199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980718029199I), Jul 18, 1998: Doug DC863F (N921R), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Approx. 0700 on Saturday July 18, 1998, emery air flight 26 was invovled in an incident on landing at Seattle-Tacoma airport on runway 34R. The #1 main land.…
- [Incident 19911205059949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911205059949I), Dec 5, 1991: Doug DC863F (N921R), Syracuse, NY. Aircraft skidded on snow covered taxiway and the nose wheel went off taxiway into the grass area.

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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