# NTSB CHI84IA060: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-61, N914CL, Chicago, IL, December 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: December 14, 1983, 14:06 local (20:06 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 260 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84IA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12441/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84IA060

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,partial (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-8-61
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 45912
- Engines: 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.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831214069659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831214069659I), Dec 14, 1983: Doug DC861, Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found left main landing gear bogie had failed. Cause undetermined.

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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