Boeing 727-023 N1984

Summary

On 28 May 1985 at about 02:55 local time, a Boeing 727-023 registered N1984 was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 121 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 May 1985 at 02:55

Classification

Incident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Ohare International (ORD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 727-023

Registration

N1984

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baltimore → Chicago

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI85IA212

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

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLT 57 HAD DEPARTED BALTIMORE FOR CHICAGO. ON FINAL APPROACH AT OHARE THE CREW DISCOVERED THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE FE MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO CRANK DOWN THE GEAR ALL OF WHICH WERE UNSUCESSFUL. AFTER LANDING WITH NOSE GEAR UP ALL 121 OCCUPANTS SLIDE EVACUATED WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. AFTER JACKING THE NOSE UP A GROUND CREW MAN WENT ABOARD AND CRANKED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION WITH NO DIFFICULTY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.