# Incident 19970325014749I: Aerosp ATR42300, Chicago, IL, March 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1997, 12:22 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- 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: N433MQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N433MQ-1998-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (registry code 8680920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970325014749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27L AT O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAGLE FLT. 6006 FLEW THROUGH THE WAKE TURBULENCE OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS HAD THEIR SEAT BELTS FASTENED EXCEPT FOR THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT (FA). THE FA WAS THROWN AGAINST A BULK HEAD BY THE TURBULENCE. ALTHOUGH THE FA WAS NOT THROWN OFF HER FEET, SHE DID SEVERELY BRUISE HER RIGHT LEG IN THE IMPACT WITH THE BULK HEAD. THE SEVERITY OF THE BRUISE IMPAIRED HER MOBILITY TO THE POINT WHERE SHE COULD NOT PERFORM HER INFLIGHT DUTIES. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE INTERPHONE AND NOTIFY THE FLIGHT CREW OF HER PROBLEM. THE CAPTAIN REQUESTED VECTORS OFF THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE WHILE THE FIRST OFFICER (FO) WENT TO THE CABIN COMPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE. BY THE TIME THE FO REACHED THE FA SHE HAD BEEN ASSISTED BY A DEAD HEADING CREW MEMBER FROM AALA. THE FO RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO OTHER INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MET BY AN AMBULANCE WHICH TRANSPORTED THE FA TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS EXAMINED BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND RELEASED WITH BRUISES ON HER LEG.RADAR PLOTS FROM ATC INDICATE THAT THE MOST LIKELY SOURCE OF THE WAKE TURBULENCE WAS A DC-10 THAT DESCENDED THROUGHT EAGLE FLIGHTS ALTITUDE. THE DC-10 WAS MORE THAN 5 MILES IN FRONT OF EAGLE 6006.

## Other reports on N433MQ (1)

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

- [Incident 19930607021739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930607021739I), Jun 7, 1993: Aerosp ATR42300 (N433MQ), Springfield, MO. Partial loss of power on NR1 engine during takieoff. Returned. Landed safely. NR1 ecu fault. Circuit breaker reset.

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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