# NTSB Incident CHI01IA046
> **McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31** · 2000-12-14 · Chicago, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01IA046
- **Event ID:** 20020204X00171
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 2000-12-14
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 249
- **Total aboard:** 249
## Aircraft
- **Make:** McDonnell Douglas
- **Model:** DC-9-31
- **Registration:** N9342
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

Failure of the pilot of the other airplane to maintain clearance.  Factors relating to this accident were the snow-covered taxiways and the ground controller disregarding the pilot of the other airplane's warning of the unsafe/hazardous situation of being unable to taxi around the standing Northwest Airlines DC-9 airplane.

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