41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 12, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N8008U
Reported as
Doug DC851
People aboard
87
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.
Landing gear bogie failure during taxi. Replaced leveling cylinder due to a bent actuating rod.
As the FAA filed it
LANDING GEAR BOGIE FAILURE DURING TAXI. REPLACED LEVELING CYLINDER DUE TO A BENT ACTUATING ROD.