# Incident 20041029028569I: Boeing 727290, Columbia, MO, October 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2004, 16:58 local time
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Airport: Columbia Regional
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C1HA
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N295AS-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-290 (registry code 138408W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-290) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727290
- People aboard: 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,698 total, 6,731 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029028569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CHAMPION AIRLINES (CCP) FLIGHT 616 WAS TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 20 AT COLUMBIA, MISSOURI (COU). COLUMBIA ATCT CLEARED CCP 616 FOR TAKEOFF. THE CAPTAIN TAXIED THE AIRPLANE FROM THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY ONTO RUNWAY 13 AND WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO RUNWAY 2-20 TO USE THE FULL LENGTH FOR TAKEOFF WHEN THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL DEPARTED THE HARD SURFACE AND SUNK INTO THE MUD. THE PASSENGERS AND CABIN CREW WERE DEPLANED. THE AIRPORT GROUND CREW MADE A RAMP FOR THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND THE FLIGHT CREW TAXIED THE AIRPLANE ONTO HARD SURFACE AND BACK TO THE RAMP FOR INSPECTION. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRDAFT AS THE RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT AND NO INJURIES. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA^ CLOSED.

## Other reports on N295AS (1)

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

- [Incident 19890918054079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890918054079I), Sep 18, 1989: Boeing 727290 (N295AS), Juneau, AK. Fuel leak from top of left wing. Lost 1500 lbs of fuel. Reinstalled fuel cap.

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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