41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 21, 1978 · 12:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N126
Reported as
Doug DC10/
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,250 total208 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.
Unscheduled landing due to improper fuel quantity load at point of origin.
As the FAA filed it
UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO IMPROPER FUEL QUANTITY LOAD AT POINT OF ORIGIN.