- Date
- August 30, 1979
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 116 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N772NCDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790830033309I
- Case key
- 133860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0024 79/8/30 CHICAGO,IL DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1030 N772NC PX- 0 0111 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3302 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE INTL OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- R WING TIP COLLIDED W ROAD GRADER NR EDGE OF TWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N772NC
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- O'Hare Intl
N772NCRegistration cancelled Dec 6, 2018 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.