- Date
- October 4, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 3 minor, 103 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1979Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781004031059I
- Case key
- 139555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 78/10/4 CHICAGO,IL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1919 N1979 PX- 0 4 99 44, 10300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4100 IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE INT'L OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OK CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- TRUCK STRUCK #2 ENGINE.DRIVER UNFAMILIAR WITH VEHICLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1979
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- O'Hare Int'L
FAA reports on this event · 1
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