19781004031059I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Chicago, IL · October 4, 1978

Date
October 4, 1978 · 19:20 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1979
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79FA004
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
96
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,300 total4,100 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.

Airplane holding short of taxiway was struck by food service truck, idling engine knocked off.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE HOLDING SHORT OF TAXIWAY WAS STRUCK BY FOOD SERVICE TRUCK, IDLING ENGINE KNOCKED OFF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.