- Date
- December 14, 1983, 14:06 local (20:06 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 260 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N914CLMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-61
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831214069659I
- Case key
- 12441
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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,main gear - failure,partialCause
Analysis
A DC-8-61 operated by capitol air inc experienced a partial failure of the left main gear on the landing roll. The rear portion of the left main landing gear bogie & both rear tires were separated. Components of the left landing gear were submitted to Mcdonnell Douglas for examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N914CL
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-61
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 45912
- Engine
- P&W JT3D, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Capitol Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare Iap, runway 9R, 10,141 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °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.