- Date
- August 23, 1992, 12:33 local (17:33 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 277 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- HL746Boeing 747-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15526
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Probable cause
An unsafe/hazardous condition that was not identified by the vehicle driver, and an inadequate distance between the airplane and vehicle as the driver drove the vehicle behind the airplane.
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.
Analysis
The airplane, a four engined heavy jet, was directed to taxi to an active runway. The taxi route would eventually cross an active runway. Ground control directed the airplane not to cross that runway. This command was acknowledged by the aircrew. The airplane stopped and held its southerly oriented position on the north-south oriented taxiway which intersected the active runway. While the airplane was stopped, a maintenance utility truck operated by another airline came to a stop on the east side of the service road which crossed perpendicular to the taxiway the airplane was positioned on. Ground control directed the airplane to continue taxiing. As the airplane began to powerup, the service truck drove behind it. The truck was struck by the airplane's jetblast and rolled over two or three times. A review of the airport's motor vehicle operating regulations handbook and the airline's driver training program revealed the dangers of jetblast to motor vehicles were not covered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HL746
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Korean Airlines
- Registered owner
- Korean Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ORD
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · Chicago O'Hare Intl
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD, 1 nm away