41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 17, 1981 · 13:20 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N623US
Reported as
Boeing 747*
People aboard
108
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.
Flight experienced severe nose wheel shimmy upon landing at speed above 120 knots. Found right nose tire worn.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT EXPERIENCED SEVERE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY UPON LANDING AT SPEED ABOVE 120 KNOTS. FOUND RIGHT NOSE TIRE WORN.