# Incident 19910425028239I: Boeing 727223, Chicago, IL, April 25, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1991, 18:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N6815, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6815-2006-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 119
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,607 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI91IA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91IA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910425028239I

## Narrative

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

ON PUSH BACK FROM GATE BY GROUND CREW AIRCRAFT HIT ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT PUSHED BACK TOO FAR.

## 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 CHI91IA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91IA144), Apr 25, 1991: Boeing 727-223 (N6815), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE GROUND CREW TO PROPERLY ALIGN THE AIRPLANE IN THE GATE ALLEY DURING THE PUSH BACK FROM THE GATE.

## Other reports on N6815 (3)

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

- [Incident 19851024061431I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851024061431I), Oct 24, 1985: Boeing 727223 (N6815), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Very poor visibility contributed to a wing strike with a parked aircraft during power back taxi with wing walkers.
- [Incident 19800602058199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800602058199I), Jun 2, 1980: Boeing 727223 (N6815), Chicago, IL. Engine oil filter bypass light inlluminated. Takeoff was rejected.
- [Incident 19790704018309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790704018309I), Jul 4, 1979: Boeing 727223 (N6815), Chicago, IL. Lost a system hydraulics quantity and pressure. Left main landing gear up line ruptured.

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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