# Incident 19790204005189I: Lkheed 1011/, Chicago, IL, February 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1979, 09:11 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- 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: N31015, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31015-1995-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (registry code 5265010, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-l-1011-385-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 1011/
- People aboard: 97
- 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/19790204005189I

## Narrative

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

GENERATORS WERE DISCONNECTED DUE TO FLUCTUATIONS. ALL SYSTEMS WERE POWERED BY APU.

## Other reports on N31015 (5)

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

- [Incident 19870816050629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870816050629I), Aug 16, 1987: Lkheed 1011385114 (N31015), St Louis, MO. The engine surged during climb. The aircraft safely returned to the airport. Low pressure fuel pump replaced
- [Incident 19821121070129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821121070129I), Nov 21, 1982: Lkheed 1011* (N31015), Newark, NJ. Oven fire occurred in #5 oven at cruise altitude. Put out with hand fire extinguisher. Placarded oven inoperative.
- [Incident 19811108076689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811108076689I), Nov 8, 1981: Lkheed 1011* (N31015), St Louis, MO. Number 1 engine shut down when oil quantity showed zero and low pressure light came on. Found leaking seals.
- [Incident 19801103078879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801103078879I), Nov 3, 1980: Lkheed 1011* (N31015), Chicago, IL. During cruise hydraulic c system temperature lite came on. Manual gear extension required due to loss of fluid.
- [Incident 19780314015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780314015919I), Mar 14, 1978: Lkheed 1011/ (N31015), San Francisco, CA. Inboard right main wheel and brake broke off during taxi. Axle failed.

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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