# Incident 19871028076419I: Doug DC1010, Chicago, IL, October 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1987, 13:07 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N1813U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1010
- People aboard: 245
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871028076419I

## Narrative

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

WING PANEL AFT OF MAIN SPAR SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. FOUR ROD END ATTACH POINTS CONTAINED NO BOLTS. TWO ROD ENDS FAILED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI88IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA011), Oct 28, 1987: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (N1813U), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage

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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