Boeing 737 N868NN

Summary

On 3 December 2018 at about 16:35 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N868NN, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an accident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 147 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 December 2018 at 16:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Chicago O'Hare Int'l (KORF)

Coordinates

41.0000, -87.9064

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

N868NN

Category

Airplane

Year built

2011

Engines

2

Operator

American Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → East Elmhurst

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA19CA038

1 person was seriously injured.

an object which fell from an overhead bin struck a flight attendant resulting in a serious injury.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 3, 2018, about 10:35 central standard time, American Airlines flight 114, a Boeing 737-800, N868NN, was taxiing from the gate at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois, when a flight attendant was injured when an object fell onto from an overhead bin. The remaining passengers and crew were not injured, and the airplane was not damaged. The regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight was operating under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 from ORD, to LaGuardia Airport (LGA), East Elmhurst, New York. According to the operator, while taxiing for takeoff, a flight attendant opened an overhead bin, and a laptop fell out, striking her in the eye and forcing her left eye out of the socket. The flight returned to the gate and the flight attendant was transported to a hospital.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.