- Date
- June 22, 1977
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 71 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7590ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0010 77/6/22 CHICAGO,IL BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1450 N7590A PX- 0 0 63 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEXICO CITY,MEXICO CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7590A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Ohare
N7590ARegistration cancelled Feb 4, 1982 · Boeing 707-123BAirframe modelBoeing 707-123BEngine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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.