# NTSB CHI62A0009: Douglas DC-7, N6326C, Chicago, IL, January 20, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 20, 1962
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 61 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 9, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 152762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI62A0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI62A0009

## NTSB brief (aircraft 2)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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.
```

## NTSB brief (aircraft 1)

```
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 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 1

- Registration: [N6326C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6326C-1969-05-27), registration cancelled 1969-05-27, S/N 44903, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-7
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-7) (registry code 3021802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ohare

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N94253](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94253-1992-05-12), registration cancelled 1992-05-12, S/N 114 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 240
- Registry model: [Convair 600-240D](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-600-240d) (registry code 2422660) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ohare

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.

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