# Incident 19940209001909I: Boeing 737130, Chicago, IL, February 9, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1994, 20:11 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N408PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737130
- People aboard: 90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,200 total, 120 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94IA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94IA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940209001909I

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CHI94IA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94IA081), Feb 10, 1994: Boeing 737-130 (N408PE), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: AN 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…

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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