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Boeing B-737-200 N68SW

20 January 1983 · Lubbock, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 January 1983 at about 21:27 local time, a Boeing B-737-200 registered N68SW was involved in an incident near Lubbock, Texas, United States. 73 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:27
Classification
Incident
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing B-737-200
Registration
N68SW
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW83IA094

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
73 0 0 0 73

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING TAXI TO TAKEOFF THE ACFT SLID OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE SNOW AND BECAME STUCK. THE TAXIWAY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW &ICE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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