41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 31, 1978 · 18:52 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N8074U
Reported as
Doug DC8/
People aboard
104
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.
Lost pressurization at FL320. Emergency descent with diversion to uneventful landing.
As the FAA filed it
LOST PRESSURIZATION AT FL320. EMERGENCY DESCENT WITH DIVERSION TO UNEVENTFUL LANDING.