- Date
- November 8, 1983, 12:58 local (18:58 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 100 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N898AABoeing 727-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831108069069I
- Case key
- 12438
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,wheel - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,wheel - fatigueCause
Analysis
During taxi from landing the left outboard wheel rim failed and bounced onto a highway causing damage to a vehicle the rim failed due to a per-existing fatigue crack.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N898AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 6 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare
N898AARegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2013 · Boeing 727-223Airframe modelBoeing 727-223Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-15
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °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.