41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 18, 1978 · 10:05 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N721E
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce RB211*
People aboard
72
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.
Several compressor stalls at liftoff. Engine shutdown. Returned for landing.
As the FAA filed it
SEVERAL COMPRESSOR STALLS AT LIFTOFF. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. RETURNED FOR LANDING.