- Date
- July 20, 1983, 19:11 local (Jul 21, 1983, 00:11 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 102 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8090UDouglas DC-8-71
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830720040119I
- Case key
- 12053
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - foreign substance coveredCause
Terrain condition - wetCause
Analysis
On landing roll the acft rolled forward off the departure end of the landing runway. The crew stated that maximum braking, revers, & spoilers were utilized. The runway was covered wth standing water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8090U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8-71
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 45994
- Airframe hours
- 42,888
- Engine
- P&W CFM-56, 22,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · Ohare International, runway 27, 7,416 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 12° at 12 knots
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Observed at
- ORD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.