NTSB FTW90IA043 — 1989-12-11 · BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, United States

N416AA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ANDURIL INDUSTRIES INC DISRUPTOR), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

N416AA McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 None

Probable cause & findings

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.

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_FTW90IA043.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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