- Date
- March 30, 1983, 06:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Des Moines, IA
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7441UBoeing 727-222
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33367
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Radar separation - improperCause
Information - inaccurateFactor
Analysis
The right leading edge slat was damaged when the acft taxied onto a closed & thusly marked taxiway. The closed taxiway was not shown as closed on the charts and no NOTAM was issued. The sky ws obscured & visibility was 1/2 mile in fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7441U
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-222
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21895
- Airframe hours
- 10,552
- Engine
- P&W JT-8D-15, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines, doing business as United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 23, 1983 · 42 hours before
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DSM · Des Moines
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,931 total · 2,332 in this make and model · 7,568 as pilot in command · 138 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM