19790410010709I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707/ · Chicago, IL · April 10, 1979

Date
April 10, 1979 · 17:56 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N8413
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79IA042
Reported as
Boeing 707/
People aboard
92
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.

Aborted due to fire warning light. Caused by a short in #9 detector. Aft gally slide malfunctioned.

As the FAA filed it

ABORTED DUE TO FIRE WARNING LIGHT. CAUSED BY A SHORT IN #9 DETECTOR. AFT GALLY SLIDE MALFUNCTIONED.

NTSB investigation

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