# Incident 19861024079641I: Boeing 747122, Chicago, IL, October 24, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1986, 20:20 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4718U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4718U-1998-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-122 (registry code 1384872, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-122) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747122
- People aboard: 374
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 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/19861024079641I

## Narrative

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

DURING TURN ONTO TAXIWAY, RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK RUDDER OF N607AW.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N607AW, Bac 146200A: [Incident 19861024079642I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861024079642I)

## Other reports on N4718U (2)

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

- [Accident 19870211003519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870211003519A), Feb 11, 1987: Boeing 747122 (N4718U), Detroit, MI. Bomb threat caused non scheduled landing and evacuation. Some slides failed, one detached by error. Several injured
- [Incident 19830419020189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830419020189I), Apr 19, 1983: Boeing 747122 (N4718U), Chicago, IL. Turning into the gate area from taxiway the jet blast from engine overturned a parked food truck.

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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