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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Chicago, IL · February 16, 1979

Date
February 16, 1979 · 11:27 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9819
Reported as
Boeing 727
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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unsafe gear light on landing. Broken wires to down lock switch.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT ON LANDING. BROKEN WIRES TO DOWN LOCK SWITCH.