# Incident 19780715044219I: Boeing 727, Chicago, IL, July 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- 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: N7409U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 60
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78IA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78IA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780715044219I

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI78IA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78IA050), Jul 15, 1978: Boeing 727 (N7409U), Lamoni, IA, incident, no damage

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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