Boeing 707-323C GSAIL
24 June 1984 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 June 1984 at about 01:25 local time, a Boeing 707-323C registered GSAIL was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 01:25
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- O'hare Intl (ORD)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707-323C
- Registration
- GSAIL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 129: Foreign
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Gndr, Newfndland → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- DCA84IA029
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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
ABOUT 26 MIN BEFORE LANDING CREW RECEIVED SIGMET 1C ADVISING OF LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MILWAUKEE TO ST. LOUIS MOVINGSE AT 15 KTS. THEY ALSO BECAME AWARE OF A THUNDERSTORM WEST OF ARPT. AT ABOUT 20 MI NE OF ARPT THEY COULD SEE THE STORM VISUALLY & ON RADAR WEST OF ARPT. ABOUT 15 MI OUT CREW CEASED LOOKING AT RADAR DUE TO INCREASING WORKLOAD & GROUNDCLUTTER. RAIN INCREASED IN INTENSITY DURING FINAL APPROACH. ACFT LANDED, OVERRAN RWY & HIT APCH LIGHT. CREW DID NOT CONSULT LANDING FIELD LENGTH CHART IN COMPANY OPS MANUAL. CHART INDICATES A STOPPING DISTANCE OF 7,930 FT FROM INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION FOR A 'VERY WET' RWY. ANOTHER FLT WHICH WAS ARRIVING IN THE ARPT AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT RECEIVED VECTORS NORTH OF THE ARPT & HELD FOR ABOUT 10 MIN. THEY THEN FLEW '...ON THE BACK SIDE OF TH WEATHER FOR AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14R...' RWY 27L, 10141 FT LONG, WAS AVAILABLE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Dec 1983 | Boeing 707-123B | Oakland, California, United States | American Trans Air, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 3 Apr 1983 | Boeing 707-323C | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Global Int'l Airways | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1982 | Boeing 707-131B | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Trans World Airlines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 11 Nov 1982 | Boeing 707-300 | Miami, Florida, United States | Arrow Airways | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Nov 1982 | Boeing 707-323C | Miami, Florida, United States | Aerotal Ltda. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Mar 1982 | Boeing 707-123B | Marana, Arizona, United States | Tigerair, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 1984 | Piper PA-22-135 | Plainfield, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 1984 | Beechcraft 99 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 1984 | Cessna 150C | Hampshire, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 1984 | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 1984 | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-54 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1984 | Cessna 182K | Lincoln, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |