# Incident 20001213039359I: Airbus A340313, Chicago, IL, December 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2000, 20:50 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: TQKF
- 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: TCJII (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A340313
- People aboard: 164
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001213039359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING, TAXIWAYS WERE VERY SLIPPERY, AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS DIFFICULT. NUMEROUS A/C HAD BEEN TAXIING FOR 2-3 HOURS AWAITING GATES. TURNKISH 006 WAS TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE AS INSTRUCTED, BUT THE PILOTS SPOKE ONLY LABORED ENGLISH. IT IS APPARENT FROM THE ATC AUDIO TAPE THAT THE GROUND CONTROLLER COULD NOT SEE TURKISH 006, AND DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE A/C WAS. THE CREW OF TURKISH 006 COULD SEE THAT THEIR WAY WAS BLOCKED BY THE TAIL OF THE MOTIONLESS NWA 142, A DC-9. THEY ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE BUSY GROUND CONTROLLER, BUT THE CONTROLLER APPARAENTLY MISUNDERSTOOD. INSTEAD OF CLARIFYING, THE CONTROLLER REPEATEDLY INSTRUCTED TURKISH 006 TO CONTINUE TO TAXI. THE PILOT COMPLIED BY MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, AND IN SO DOING THEY FINALLY FOUND A STRETCH OF PAVEMENT WITH NO NIL BRAKING. AS THE A-340 SLID FORWARD, THE LEFT WINGTIO STRUCK THE RUDDER OF THE NWA DC-9, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH A/C. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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