- Date
- August 12, 1988, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 46 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N426MQAerospatiale ATR-42-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14000
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
Fuselage - vibrationFactor
Flt control syst,elevator control - disengagedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N426MQ
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 (ATR 42-300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 037
- Airframe hours
- 2,589
- Engine
- P&W PW120, 2,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Simmons Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 25, 1988 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- TVC · Traverse City, MI
- Destination
- ORD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · Chicago-O'Hare Intl
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD