19781221021529I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC10/ · Chicago, IL · December 21, 1978

Date
December 21, 1978 · 22:38 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1817U
Reported as
Doug DC10/
People aboard
107
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.

During ground taxi to takeoff the aircraft struck an auto which was crossing the taxiway. Crew could no see it.

As the FAA filed it

DURING GROUND TAXI TO TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN AUTO WHICH WAS CROSSING THE TAXIWAY. CREW COULD NO SEE IT.