Boeing 737-200 N202AU

Summary

On 23 February 1990 at about 23:55 local time, a Boeing 737-200 registered N202AU, operated by U.s.air, was involved in an incident near Cleveland, Ohio, United States. 63 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 February 1990 at 23:55

Classification

Incident

Location

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Hopkins (CLE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-200

Registration

N202AU

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

U.s.air

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Newark

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI90IA090

Nobody was injured.

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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.