NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI67I0093
Registry · N7548A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82(MD-82)
Engine
P & W JT8D SERIES
Seats / Engines
172 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19910123
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA2C56
Registrant of record
FRONTERA FLIGHT HOLDINGS INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
BOEING B-720B · N7548A
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Airport
O'HARE INTL
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AFTER TAKE OFF.
Investigator remarks
YAW DAMPER MALFUNCTION CAUSED ACFT TO DUTCH ROLL
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
4 0019.
Source file
NTSB_1967_4_0019.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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