- Date
- March 4, 1966
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 66 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3307LDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 66/3/4 CHICAGO ILL DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1220 N3307L PX- 0 1 62 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O>HARE INTL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) FUSELAGE-STAIR DOOR HANDRAIL DRIVE TAPE FAILED. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- DEPLANE PAX FELL WHEN STAIR HANDRAIL TELESCOPED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3307L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- O>Hare Intl
N3307LRegistration cancelled Dec 27, 1973 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-14Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-14
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