# Incident 19781107023042I: Boeing 727, Chicago, IL, November 7, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1978, 20:24 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6825 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 83
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79IA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79IA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781107023042I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RUDDER OF N6825 WAS STRUCK BY WINGTIP OF N4710U AS IT TAXIIED TO RUNWAY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N4710U, Boeing 747/: [Incident 19781107023041I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781107023041I)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI79IA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79IA015), Nov 7, 1978: Boeing 727 (N6825), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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