# Incident 19790811030509I: Boeing 727224, Chicago, IL, August 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1979, 13:20 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CAL
- 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: N32722, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32722-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- People aboard: 113
- 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/19790811030509I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN AMBER LEADING EDGE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. DEFECTIVE LIGHT CIRCUIT.

## Other reports on N32722 (3)

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

- [Incident 19810104011469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104011469I), Jan 4, 1981: Boeing 727 (N32722), Tucson, AZ. Pilot was instructed to fly runway heading for vectors. Did not contact departure control. Used lost comm procedure
- [Incident 19800207030399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800207030399I), Feb 7, 1980: Boeing 727 (N32722), Houston, TX. Hydraulic leak suspected from hydraulic quantity indicator. Found leak at firewall #2 engine. Pn 65-17844-17.
- [Incident 19780915018799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915018799I), Sep 15, 1978: Boeing 727200 (N32722), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft lost hydraulic service access door in flight.

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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