41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 8, 1984 · 10:06 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AFLA
Aircraft
N81AF
Reported as
Boeing 7372T4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total3,000 in this make and model100 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.
Returned thinking hydraulic pump for nose gear failed. Found nose gear pin had not been removed.
As the FAA filed it
RETURNED THINKING HYDRAULIC PUMP FOR NOSE GEAR FAILED. FOUND NOSE GEAR PIN HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED.