Chicago O'hare Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Chicago, Illinois 60666
Thursday, October 24, 2002 20:20 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane was damaged while taxiing when it was struck by a bus attempting to cross the taxiway. The ground operation rules for the airport and a Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular both state that aircraft have the right of way except when otherwise instructed by the airport traffic control tower.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The driver of the bus not maintaining clearance from the taxiing airplane.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/24/2002
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 2020
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Chicago
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 60666
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude 415846N
Event Location Longitude 0875416W
Event Location Airport CHICAGO O'HARE INTL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID ORD
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 668
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1956 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID ORD
Elevation of weather observation facility 668
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height 4100
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 7
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 2
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 110
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 9
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.28
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report METAR KORD 250056Z 11009KT 10SM OVC041 07/02 A3028
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries 1
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 5
Injury Total None 48
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 5
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 15068
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Oct 24 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2100
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 30 2004 8:14AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Schiller Park, Illinois (O'Hare - FSDO)

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N681BR
NTSB Number CHI03FA014
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 121: Air Carrier
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Bombardier
Aircraft Model CL-600-2B19
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 7680
Certified Max Gross Weight 53000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 50
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Oct 21 2002 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 23
Airframe Hours 260
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES
Aircraft Owner Street Address 45200 Business Ct.
Aircraft Owner City Dulles
Aircraft Owner State VA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 20166
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code VTZA
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code ORD
Departure City Chicago
Departure State IL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 2020
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code PWM
Destination City PORTLAND
Destination State ME
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi - to takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Feb 17 2004 9:37AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --