- Date
- January 23, 1980
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N783FTDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 80/1/23 CHICAGO,IL DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1738 N783FT PX- 0 0 0 49, 11514 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4956 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- R MAIN GEAR ASSY,ATCH FITTING,PN 5611425,FAILED.FOUND OVERLOAD FRACTURES,UNKN RSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N783FT
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- O'Hare
N783FTRegistration cancelled Oct 17, 1984 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-73FAirframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-73F
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.