# Incident 20050220003439I: Doug DC983, Garden City, KS, February 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2005, 21:30 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WX0A
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N865GA-2019-03-20) (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: 153
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050220003439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT AFTER NORMAL LANDING AT KGCK RUNWAY 35, ROLLED TO END OF RUNWAY AND TURNED RIGHT TO TAXIWAY 'A'. AFTER MAKING 2ND RIGHT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY 'A', HE CAUGHT RIGHT MAIN TIRE IN MUD. THE TAXIWAY 'A' IS APPROXIMATELY 28 TO 30 FEET WIDE AT THE 90 DEGREE TURN TO THE SOUTH WITH A PAVED TURN OUT ON THE NORTH END OF APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET DIAMETER. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS ABOUT 6 TO 8 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE INTO THE TURNOUT DURING THE TURN.

## Other reports on N865GA (1)

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

- [Incident 20151230024209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151230024209I), Dec 30, 2015: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (N865GA), Providence, RI, No damage. Flight 736, sanford to bangor declared an emergency and diverted into Providence RI, due to abnormal smell. Left lav wall was hot, suspect bleedair duct leak.

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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