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Incident · Minor damage
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FAA incident report · Boeing 737130 · Chicago, IL · February 9, 1994

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Date
February 9, 1994 · 20:11 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N408PE
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI94IA081
Reported as
Boeing 737130
People aboard
90
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,200 total120 in this make and model

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.

Narrative: airman/air agency competence: prior to departure of flight 381, from neward, new jersey, the aircraft was taxied by maintenance from the hanger to the terminal. As a common practice when maintenance moves the aircraft either by towing, or taxi, a set of wheel chocks is usually placed in the wheel well. FAR violation: as a result of an unsafe common practice and the failure of two inspections to detect the wheel chocks, the left main landing gear did not operate as designed, which resulted in the aircraft landing in an unsafe condition. On February 9, 1994, at 2011 central standard time, a Boeing 737-130, N408PE, operated and owned by Continental airlines, as flight 381, made a landing onto runway 32 left, at Chicago, o'Hare airport. The landing touch-down was made with the left main landing gear partially extended. At the scene of the incident a set of wheel chocks were found wedged between the left main landing gear inboard tire, and the wheel well center beam. Aircraft sustained minor damage to the left engine.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRMAN/AIR AGENCY COMPETENCE: PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OF FLIGHT 381, FROM NEWARD, NEW JERSEY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BY MAINTENANCE FROM THE HANGER TO THE TERMINAL. AS A COMMON PRACTICE WHEN MAINTENANCE MOVES THE AIRCRAFT EITHER BY TOWING, OR TAXI, A SET OF WHEEL CHOCKS IS USUALLY PLACED IN THE WHEEL WELL. FAR VIOLATION: AS A RESULT OF AN UNSAFE COMMON PRACTICE AND THE FAILURE OF TWO INSPECTIONS TO DETECT THE WHEEL CHOCKS, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT OPERATE AS DESIGNED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. ON FEBRUARY 9, 1994, AT 2011 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BOEING 737-130, N408PE, OPERATED AND OWNED BY CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, AS FLIGHT 381, MADE A LANDING ONTO RUNWAY 32 LEFT, AT CHICAGO, O'HARE AIRPORT. THE LANDING TOUCH-DOWN WAS MADE WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT A SET OF WHEEL CHOCKS WERE FOUND WEDGED BETWEEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD TIRE, AND THE WHEEL WELL CENTER BEAM. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI94IA081Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportChicago, ILAn inadequate procedure for handling of wheel chocks by company maintenance and operations personnel. Factors associated with this accident were an inadequate inspection of the airplane by company maintenance personnel, and an inadequate pre-flight inspection…Feb 10, 1994 · Minor damage