19780128003789I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747/ · Chicago, IL · January 28, 1978

Date
January 28, 1978 · 12:40 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N4713U
Reported as
Boeing 747/
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D3A
People aboard
107
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine shut down due to overheat. Returned and landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO OVERHEAT. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY.