- Date
- January 20, 1962
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 61 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152762
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0053 62/1/20 CHICAGO,ILL CONVAIR 240 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1842 N94253 PX- 0 0 32 42, 11300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 26 6000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TULSA,OKLA CHICAGO,ILL ST.LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DC-7 TAXYING TO UNLOADING RAMP. CONVAIR WAS HOLDING AT INTERSECTION PER GRND CTL INSTRUCTIONS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0053 62/1/20 CHICAGO,ILL DOUGLAS DC-7 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1842 N6326C PX- 0 0 21 47, 15160 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 35 4562 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEWARK,NJ LINCOLN,NEBR CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY REMARKS- PLT OF N6326C FAILED TO EXERCISE ADEQUATE CAUTION WHILE TAXYING UNDER ADVERSE COND,POOR BRAKING.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6326C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ohare
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N94253
- Reported as
- Convair 240
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ohare
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.