# NTSB CHI84IA041: Boeing 727-200, N898AA, Chicago, IL, November 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1983, 12:58 local (18:58 UTC)
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 100 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84IA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12438/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84IA041

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, taxi - from landing
  - landing gear,wheel - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,wheel - fatigue (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N898AA-2013-08-21), registration cancelled 2013-08-21, S/N 22014, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-200
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (registry code 1384074) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (registry code 52051, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831108069069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831108069069I), Nov 8, 1983: Boeing 727223, Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Outboard left main wheel rim came off while taxing on an overpass. Rim hit a station wagon. No ground injuries.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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