# Incident 20110805015719I: Boeing 767-323, Chicago, IL, August 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2011, 14:04 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Ohare
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N373AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-323
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 230
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 10
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110805015719I

## Narrative

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

AALA FLIGHT 41 ARRIVED ORD FROM PARIS DE GAULE (LFPG).  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON 22R, DURING AIRCRAFT TAXI A CREW OF ANOTHER FLIGHT RADIOED TO THE AALA CREW THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS ON FIRE.  CREW VERIFIED FIRE WITH THE TOWER, PERFORMED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND EVACUATED PASSENGERS ON TAXIWAY THRU THE EVACUATION SLIDES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPLOYED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO SLIDES OR EXITS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE USED.  THERE WERE 230 ON BOARD, AND 10 PASSENGERS HAD MINOR INJURIES FROM THE EVACUATION ALL 10 REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. UPON INVESTIGATION THE #7 BRAKE (RIGHT AFT INBOARD) HAD DISINTEGRATED AND WAS LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID.  SLIDES WERE REMOVED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO GATE M5 AT INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL FOR PASSENGERS TO RETRIVE PASSPORTS AND CARRY -ON ITEMS TO PROCEED TO US CUSTOMS.  AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO AALA HANGAR FACILITY IN ORD AND MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED.  HYDRAULIC LINES WERE REPLACED, BRAKES AND TIRES REPLACED, A BORESCOPE OF THE RIGHT GEAR WAS PERFORMED, EVACUATION SLIDES WERE REPLACED.  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH ETOPS ENDORSEMENT ON 8/7/2011.

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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