- Date
- July 14, 1988, 05:53 local (10:53 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 126 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N253AMcdonnell Douglas MD80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13999
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.
Miscellaneous/other
Procedures/directives - improper use ofCause
Weather condition - haze/smoke
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Visual lookout - restrictedFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
InattentiveCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N253A
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-217, 20,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ONT · Ontario, CA
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare International, runway 14L, 10,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,180 total · 1,300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD