# Incident 19780429014829I: Boeing 727, Chicago, IL, April 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1978
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BNF
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7281, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7281-1980-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-27C (registry code 138400J, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-27c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429014829I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

Z ZK AIRCRAFT RETURNED WITH FLAP PROBLEM. REPLACED BROKEN DRIVE TORQUE TUBE WHICH HAD CAUSED ASSYMMETRY TRIP.

## Other reports on N7281 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790605014539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790605014539I), Jun 5, 1979: Boeing 727 (N7281), Dallas, TX. Hazardous material spill proved to be acid from battery shipment marked dry batteries. Enforcement on shipper.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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