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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Chicago, IL · July 15, 1978

Date
July 15, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N7409U
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI78IA050
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
60
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total3,500 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.

Captain incapacitated in flight, crew took over, diverted to nearest major terminal.

As the FAA filed it

CAPTAIN INCAPACITATED IN FLIGHT, CREW TOOK OVER, DIVERTED TO NEAREST MAJOR TERMINAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.