What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
A system failure in flight. Nose gear actuator leaking.
As the FAA filed it
A SYSTEM FAILURE IN FLIGHT. NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR LEAKING.
FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Chicago, IL · September 20, 1978
- Date
- September 20, 1978 · 19:11 local
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Airport
- Ohare International
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator
- UAL
- Aircraft
- N7009
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- People aboard
- 100
- 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.