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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Chicago, IL · February 1, 1978

Date
February 1, 1978 · 01:19 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8986
Reported as
Doug DC9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A baggage cart broke loose from its tug due to bumpy ice patches. Cart ran into a large jet, damaged a slat section

As the FAA filed it

A BAGGAGE CART BROKE LOOSE FROM ITS TUG DUE TO BUMPY ICE PATCHES. CART RAN INTO A LARGE JET, DAMAGED A SLAT SECTION