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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) · Mcallen, TX · May 1, 2021

Date
May 1, 2021 · 11:49 local
Place
Mcallen, TX
Airport
Mcallen Intern'L Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
2WAA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N801WA
Reported as
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)
People aboard
67
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
9,012 total5,000 in this make and model237 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While turning from taxiway C1 to taxiway "a" toward runway 32, left main gear exited onto the grass. Required aircraft to be pulled backward back onto the taxiway. Aircraft was able to return to hangar under its own power.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TURNING FROM TAXIWAY C1 TO TAXIWAY "A" TOWARD RUNWAY 32, LEFT MAIN GEAR EXITED ONTO THE GRASS. REQUIRED AIRCRAFT TO BE PULLED BACKWARD BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO HANGAR UNDER ITS OWN POWER.