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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD-88 · Shreveport, LA · May 3, 2000

Date: May 3, 2000 · 22:20 local
Place: Shreveport, LA
Airport: Shreveport Regional
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: DALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N911DE
Reported as: Doug MD88
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,500 total4,160 in this make and model112 in the last 90 days

N911DERegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2022 · Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88S/N 49967 · Built 1992 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas MD-88 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D seriesTurbo-jet

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Delta flight 555, MD-80, landed at Shreveport Regional, taxing in after landing, turned too sharp off taxiway to ramp and the nose gear and left main landing gear became stuck in the mud. Another aircarrier was taxing out, so the captain of flight 555 turned his taxi lights off to keep from blinding the ups pilot. The taxiway edge lights were inoperative due to a lighting strike.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DELTA FLIGHT 555, MD-80, LANDED AT SHREVEPORT REGIONAL, TAXING IN AFTER LANDING, TURNED TOO SHARP OFF TAXIWAY TO RAMP AND THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. ANOTHER AIRCARRIER WAS TAXING OUT, SO THE CAPTAIN OF FLIGHT 555 TURNED HIS TAXI LIGHTS OFF TO KEEP FROM BLINDING THE UPS PILOT. THE TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE DUE TO A LIGHTING STRIKE.