19990808038749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-2Q8 · Chicago, IL · August 8, 1999

Date
August 8, 1999 · 21:38 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago Midway
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
P2EA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N121NJ
Reported as
Boeing 7372Q8
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
Pilot’s flight hours
6,820 total543 in this make and model165 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft struck runway lights and signs on takeoff, damaging them and nose and right main tires on aircraft. Nose taxi light also broken. Takeoff aborted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHTS AND SIGNS ON TAKEOFF, DAMAGING THEM AND NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN TIRES ON AIRCRAFT. NOSE TAXI LIGHT ALSO BROKEN. TAKEOFF ABORTED.

Other reports on N121NJ · 2

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