- Date
- June 14, 1972
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 22 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8906EDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 72/6/14 CHICAGO,ILL DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0941 N8906E PX- 0 0 18 UNK/NR, 12565 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1310 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDWAY OPERATOR - SOUTHERN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT INADVERTENTLY MANUALLY DEPLOYED SPOILERS DURING LEVEL OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8906E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midway
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