Boeing 767-300ER-33A GOITG
20 November 1996 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 November 1996 at about 01:24 local time, a Boeing 767-300ER-33A registered GOITG, operated by Monarch Airlines Limited, was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 140 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 01:24
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- O'hare Intl (ORD)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 767-300ER-33A
- Registration
- GOITG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Monarch Airlines Limited
- Operating rule
- Part 129: Foreign
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rome → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Bright
- NTSB number
- CHI97IA033
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
Probable cause
the approach controller's failure to issue the frequency change to the flightcrew, and the pilot landing without clearance. A factor relating to this incident is the pilot's decision to land without clearance.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The captain was flying the localizer approach for runway 9R into O'Hare airport, and the first officer was handling radio communications with Chicago Approach Control. The captain said that the frequency was extremely busy, and at no time during the approach did they receive another frequency change. The controller at O'Hare Tower controlling arrivals on runway 9R saw the airplane and inquired on his frequency, 'Alitalia 638 heavy are you with me, sir?' There was no response. The controller repeated the transmission and then broadcasted, 'Alitalia 638 heavy, are you with me, sir, execute a missed approach.' The first officer made a call to what he thought was O'Hare tower that they were on short final. The controller at Chicago Approach Control transmitted, 'short final, go over to tower one two one seven five.' The controller transmitted the instruction two more times. The captain checked the runways, saw no conflicting traffic, and landed the airplane without clearance. Investigation of the Terminal Radar Air Traffic Control facility, Elgin, Illinois, revealed that the controller did not issue the instruction to the airplane to switch over to O'Hare tower's radio frequency.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 1996 | Bellanca 7GCAA | Hinckley, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 19 Aug 1996 | Piper PA-32-300 | Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States | Northwest Flyers, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 1996 | Globe GC-1B | Hampshire, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | - |
| 17 Aug 1996 | Cessna 172 | Greenwood, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 May 1996 | Beechcraft 200 | Peoria, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 1996 | Grumman G-164A | Galesburg, Illinois, United States | Harold's Flying Service | Minor injuries | - |