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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 72725 · Chicago, IL · September 6, 1979

Date
September 6, 1979 · 10:37 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N8143N
Reported as
Boeing 72725
People aboard
39
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.

Lost a system hydraulic due to a break in the hydraulic line to NR3 spoiler.

As the FAA filed it

LOST A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC DUE TO A BREAK IN THE HYDRAULIC LINE TO NR3 SPOILER.