McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N8959E

Summary

On 31 January 1985 at about 17:06 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 registered N8959E, operated by Eastern Airlines, was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 26 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 January 1985 at 17:06

Classification

Incident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

O'hare International Arpt (ORD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31

Registration

N8959E

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Eastern Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Charlotte

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85IA101

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ABORTED TAKEOFF THAT BEGAN THIS SEQUENCE WAS DUE TO ENGINE INLET ICING. MOISTURE FROM THE WET RAMP WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINES AS THE ACFT TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY. NO ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS USED BECAUSE NO VISIBLE MOISTURE EXISTED. FOLLOWING THE ABORT THE PILOT TURNNED THE ENGINE ANTI-ICE ON, BUT UNBEKNOWN TO HIM THE SYSTEM WAS UNABLE TO DE-ICE THE ENGINES. SUSPECTING, BUT NOT SURE THAT ICE WAS HIS ORIGINAL PROBLEM, HE DID A FULL-POWER ENGINE RUN-UP PRIOR TO HIS NEXT TAKEOFF. SINCE HIS ENGINE INDICATIONS LOOKED GOOD PRIOR TO BRAKE RELEASE. HE PERFORMED THE TAKEOFF BUT ABORTED THE FLIGHT SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF DUE TO A POWER LOSS ON BOTH ENGINES. ONE-FOURTH INCH OF ICE WAS FOUND ON THE ENGINE INLET BULLETS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.