41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 3, 1983 · 09:26 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44CS
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,458 total1,930 in this make and model138 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.
Unable to lower nose landing gear. Landed nose gear up. Unable to determine cause of failure.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE LANDING GEAR. LANDED NOSE GEAR UP. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURE.