- Date
- August 8, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 256 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N102AADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 78/8/8 CHICAGO,IL DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 1 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1155 N102AA PX- 0 0244 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 - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEWARK,NJ SAN FRANCISCO,CA CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REMARKS- F/A BUMPED HEAD ON BULKHEAD OVERHANG WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR AISLE FOR LOADING PAX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102AA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- O,Hare Intl
N102AARegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10Engine modelGE CF6-6 series
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