Douglas DC-7B N837D

3 February 1962 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 February 1962 at about 09:55 local time, a Douglas DC-7B registered N837D, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 60 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 February 1962 at 09:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Ohare
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Registration: N837D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Minneapolis, Minn → Miami, Fla
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0016

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
60	0	0	0	60

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT FAILED TO USE ADEQUATE CAUTION DURING TAXI TURNOFF AFTER LDG. SLID ON ICE COVERED AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0016, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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