- Date
- December 11, 1989, 16:28 local (22:28 UTC)
- Place
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Injuries
- 149 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N416AAMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23052
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Probable cause
The captain's excessive speed during a turn off of the runway, and his failure to maintain directional control. The wet taxiway was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After landing, the flt crew initiated a 135 deg turn off of the rwy & onto a twy. According to FDR data, the turn was initiated at 38 KIAS. The capt rprtd that the nosewheel steering became unresponsive about 2/3 of the way thru the turn. The nosewheel went off the twy & into deep mud. No problems were found with the nosewheel steering or brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N416AA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49327
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 20,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Mbb American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- BTR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BTR · Metropolitan Ryan Field, runway 22, 6,900 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,600 total · 1,428 in this make and model · 210 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg