# Incident 19961218043239I: Boeing 727232, Chicago, IL, December 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1996, 06:32 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N77780, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77780-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961218043239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: RECEIVED AN OCCURRENCE NOTICE ON 12-18-96 BY FAX FROM THE REGIONAL CONTROL CENTER. THE NOTICE STATED THAT "CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 770, A B-727 LANDED ON THE RUNWAY 32L AT 181232Z AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY DUE TO A BOLT BROKE ON THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THE RUNWAY WAS CLOSED AND LATER REOPENED AT 181255Z. NO REPORTED DELAYS." A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION OF THIS OCCURRENCE WAS CONDUCTED ON 12-19-96 AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AND FACTS WERE NOTED: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 770 ABORTED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 32 LEFT DUE TO EXTREME NOSE WHEEL VIBRATIONS AND DID NOT LAND AS NOTED ON THE ORIGINAL OCCURRENCE REPORT. THE AIRCRAFT, N77780 WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY BACK TO THE GATE FOR A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION AND REPAIRS. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES MECHANICS CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AND NOTED THAT THE LEFT NOSE GEAR TIRE HAD SOME SIDE WALL DAMAGE AND THE FOLLOWING OTHER ITEMS WERE DAMAGED: GROUND SHIFT ROD, TORQUE LINK APEX PIN, TAXI LIGHT HARNESS AND ITS SUPPORT BRACKET. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH TIRES, THE GROUND SHIFT ROD, TAXI LIGHT HARNESS AND BRACKET, AND THE APEX PIN. DURING THIS INVESTIGATION, THE CONTINENTAL AIRLINES ORD STATION MANAGER STATED THAT THEY (CONTINENTAL AIRLINES) HAD CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT AND DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR TORQUE LINK APEX PIN HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED BY THE RAMP PERSON DURING THE AIRCRAFT PUSH BACK WHICH LED TO ITS FALLING OFF DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND CAUSING THE ABOVE NOTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR 1 DAY WITHOUT PAY AND RECEIVED RETRAINING IN THIS AREA. ALL OTHER CONTINENTAL RAMP WORKERS HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROPER INSTALLATION OF THE NOSE GEAR APEX PINS ON THE B-727. SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE RETRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE RAMP PERSONNEL THAT TRANSFER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL BACK TO THE DOMESTIC BECAUSE THE RESPONSIBLE RAMP WORKER IN THIS CASE HAD JUST BEEN REASSIGNED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AND CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN UNSURE ON HOW TO INSTALL THE APEX PIN.

## Other reports on N77780 (1)

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

- [Incident 20001111024359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001111024359I), Nov 11, 2000: Boeing 727232 (N77780), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) Pilot advised of a leading edge slat malfunction 25 miles east of Fort Wayne. A/c landed without incident. See SDR #00690 on file dfw FSDO.

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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