# Accident 20061110031149A: Boeing 717200, Memphis, TN, November 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2006, 23:12 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 35.0386° N, 89.9728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0386&lon=-89.9728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N956AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N956AT-2025-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: BMW Rolls BR-700 series (registry code 09500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bmw-rolls-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 68
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,350 total, 2,820 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061110031149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS DIRECTED BY MEMPHIS TOWER TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 RIGHT. AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE WAS TO TURN LEFT AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION AND CROSS RUNWAY 36 CENTER AT TAXIWAY KILO AND THEN TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. AFTER THE AIRPLANE CROSSED RUNWAY 36 CENTER ON KILO, THE AIRPLANE TURNED SOUTH OFF OF TAXIWAY KILO ONTO TAXIWAY CHARLIE. THE AIRPLANE TAXIED 250 FEET ON CHARLIE AND THEN MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN EAST AND DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY AND TAXIED INTO THE GRASS BETWEEN TAXIWAYS CHARLIE AND JULIET. THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE WHEEL THEN STRUCK A CONCRETE DRAINAGE DITCH THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD PART OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE MAJOR EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE AIRPLANE'S PRESSURE VESSEL THAT RESULTED FROM THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATING FROM THE ATTACHMENT POINTS IN THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL. FURTHER DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PRESSURE VESSEL BY THE NOSE WHEEL BEING PUSHED UP THROUGH THE BATTERY ACCESS DOOR. THERE WAS MAJOR DEFORMATION AROUND THE BATTERY ACCESS DOOR AREA DUE TO THE FORCES OF THE AIRPLANE FALLING ON THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR. THE CREW ELECTED TO OFF LOAD THE PASSENGERS USING AIR STAIRS, NO EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS DECLARED. ONE PASSENGER WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A PLASTIC LIGHTING COVER THAT FELL FROM THE OVERHEAD THAT RESULTED IN A MINOR INJURY. THE WEATHER IN MEMPHIS AT 0512Z WAS BROKEN CEILING AT 29,000 FT, VISIBILITY WAS 10 STATUTE MILES, AND WINDS WERE 220 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL07LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA016), Nov 11, 2006: Boeing 717-200 (N956AT), Memphis, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The captain's inadequate visual look out during taxi.

## Other reports on N956AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20040217008249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040217008249I), Feb 17, 2004: Boeing 717200 (N956AT), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On February 17, 2004, at 1134 am EDT, a Boeing 717, N956AT, flight 558, operated by air tran airlines landed on runway 23 at Buffalo international…

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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