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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC8/ · O'Hare, IL · August 1, 1979

Date
August 1, 1979 · 22:25 local
Place
O'Hare, IL
Airport
32r
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N8098U
Reported as
Doug DC8/
People aboard
134
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.

Pilot aborted takeoff. While taxiing to gate, thrust reverser light came on, #2 engine. Maintenance deactivated.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF. WHILE TAXIING TO GATE, THRUST REVERSER LIGHT CAME ON, #2 ENGINE. MAINTENANCE DEACTIVATED.