# NTSB CHI90IA090: Boeing 737-200, N202AU, Cleveland, OH, February 23, 1990

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 23, 1990, 18:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 63 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14566
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90IA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14566/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90IA090

## Probable cause

THE IMPROPER TAXI SPEED TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A SAFE TURN OFF THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi
  - taxispeed - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow
  - light condition - dark night

## Analysis

THE AIR CARRIER AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY WHILE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TURN RIGHT ONTO THE RUNWAY BUT TURNED LEFT AND TAXIED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON THE RUNWAY. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED BY SNOW AND THE PERSONNEL IN THE TOWER COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY NOR WAS THE SURFACE DETECTION RADAR OPERATING. THE ATC LOCAL CONTROLLER HAD TOLD THE AIRCRAFT TWICE ' NO DELAY' BECAUSE OF AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH WAS ULTIMATELY GIVEN A GO AROUND AND NOT ALLOWED TO LAND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N202AU](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N202AU-1997-04-30), registration cancelled 1997-04-30, S/N 19419 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-200
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-201](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (registry code 1384454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19419
- Engines: P&W JT8 12000 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: U.S.Air, doing business as U.S.Air
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: EWR, NEWARK, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CLE, Hopkins, runway 5R, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; flight engineer, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 14,000 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft broken
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Observed at: CLE

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.

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