41.9769° N, 87.9081° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 8, 1987 · 18:05 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
AAPF
Aircraft
IDMEC
Reported as
Boeing 747*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Jet blast during taxi blew over containers which struck gblvf. Pilot used excessive power. Containers not secured.
As the FAA filed it
JET BLAST DURING TAXI BLEW OVER CONTAINERS WHICH STRUCK GBLVF. PILOT USED EXCESSIVE POWER. CONTAINERS NOT SECURED.