# Incident 20081207854149I: Boeing 767323, Chicago, IL, December 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2008, 19:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N381AN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767323
- People aboard: 189
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,712 total, 4,712 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081207854149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 7, 2008 AN AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT FLIGHT 151 N381AN, A 767-232, S/N 25450 WAS STRUCK BY AMERICAN AIRLINES DEICER TRUCK 15582, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING DEICED AT O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE DEICER TRUCK WAS BACKING UP AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT THE GATE AND HAD 177 PASSENGERS AND 12 CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME.

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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