# Incident 20040916025219I: Doug DC982, Chicago, IL, September 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2004, 14:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.9786° N, 87.9047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9786&lon=-87.9047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N253AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N253AA-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217C
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,681 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04IA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04IA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040916025219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1374 ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO O'HARE AIRPORT (ORD) TO PHILADELPHIA DEPARTED RUNWAY 4L AND WAS GIVEN A 90-DEGREE HEADING AND AN ALTITIDE OF 4000 FEET. AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT AND 5-6 MILES FROM ORD, THE CREW NOTICED A FLOCK OF ABOUT 20 BIRDS. THE CREW RESPONDED BY LOWERING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID THE BIRDS. ABOUT HALF OF THE FLOCK PASSED BY EACH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. IMMEDIATELY THE #1 ENGINE SEIZED AND THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. #1 & 2 FIRE BOTTLES WERE DEPLOYED AND THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ORD AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 32L WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE DEPLANED VIA PORTABLE STAIRS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI04IA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04IA260), Sep 16, 2004: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (N253AA), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a flock of birds during climb out after takeoff, which damaged the left engine fan module and ruptured a fuel line to the fuel-oil cooler causing an engine fire.

## Other reports on N253AA (2)

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

- [Incident 19851229075539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851229075539I), Dec 29, 1985: Doug DC982 (N253AA), Seattle, WA, Damage unknown. Followed a line thought to be a taxiway centerline and left improved surface. Dark night a factor.
- [Incident 19850216009159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850216009159I), Feb 16, 1985: Doug DC982 (N253AA), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. During taxi NR3 wheel separated plane. Damage to flap and fuselage antirotation pin hub nut, washer, bearing gone.

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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