# Incident 19990808038749I: Boeing 7372Q8, Chicago, IL, August 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1999, 21:38 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P2EA
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121NJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N121NJ-2007-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2Q8 (registry code 138448K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372Q8
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- Pilot flight hours: 6,820 total, 543 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990808038749I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20000123000619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000123000619I), Jan 23, 2000: Boeing 7372Q8 (N121NJ), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On January 23, 2000, vanguard airlines, flight 327, a Boeing 737, was enroute from atl to mci. On decent to mci the aircraft lost "system s" hydraulic…
- [Incident 19990811023679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990811023679I), Aug 11, 1999: Boeing 7372Q8 (N121NJ), Kansas City, MO. (-23) During climb out, gear retracted normal; however, landing gear red intransit lights did not go out. Pilot elected to return to mci and lowered gear. All…

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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