# Incident 19790704018309I: Boeing 727223, Chicago, IL, July 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1979, 16:49 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- 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: N6815, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6815-2006-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 34
- 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/19790704018309I

## Narrative

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

LOST A SYSTEM HYDRAULICS QUANTITY AND PRESSURE. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UP LINE RUPTURED.

## Other reports on N6815 (3)

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

- [Incident 19910425028239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910425028239I), Apr 25, 1991: Boeing 727223 (N6815), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. On push back from gate by ground crew aircraft hit another parked aircraft pushed back too FAR.
- [Incident 19851024061431I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851024061431I), Oct 24, 1985: Boeing 727223 (N6815), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Very poor visibility contributed to a wing strike with a parked aircraft during power back taxi with wing walkers.
- [Incident 19800602058199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800602058199I), Jun 2, 1980: Boeing 727223 (N6815), Chicago, IL. Engine oil filter bypass light inlluminated. Takeoff was rejected.

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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