# Incident 19781229020999I: Boeing 727200, Chicago, IL, December 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1978, 02:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- 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: N8842E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8842E-1996-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781229020999I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED HARD SURFACE AND BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD.

## Other reports on N8842E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860813053509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860813053509I), Aug 13, 1986: Boeing 727225 (N8842E), Nashville, TN. Crew failed to comply with ATC instruction.

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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