Douglas DC-8 N783FT

23 January 1980 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 23 January 1980 at about 17:38 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N783FT, operated by Flying Tiger Line, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 4 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 January 1980 at 17:38
Classification: Accident
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: O'hare
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N783FT
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Flying Tiger Line, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Seattle, Wa
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 1-0005

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	1	3

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

R MAIN GEAR ASSY, ATCH FITTING, PN 5611425, FAILED.FOUND OVERLOAD FRACTURES, UNKN RSN.

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 1-0005, 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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