Excursion from taxiway -- air carrier has a main landing gear run off the taxiway during a turn.

Attributes
ACN	313080
Time
Date	199508
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hou
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pao
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 12000
ASRS Report	313080
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 255 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	313079
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Aircraft B727 during taxi turn, left main gear slipped off taxiway into dirt. Aircraft stopped. No damage. There were no passenger aboard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EXCURSION FROM TXWY -- ACR HAS A MAIN LNDG GEAR RUN OFF THE TXWY DURING A TURN.

Narrative: ACFT B727 DURING TAXI TURN, L MAIN GEAR SLIPPED OFF TXWY INTO DIRT. ACFT STOPPED. NO DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO PAX ABOARD.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.