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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-323C · Chicago, IL · June 22, 1979

Date
June 22, 1979 · 19:40 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N8403
Reported as
Boeing 707323C
People aboard
105
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.

Gear extended manually due to leak in the nose gear actuator.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR EXTENDED MANUALLY DUE TO LEAK IN THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.