# Incident 19791129045289I: Boeing 737/, Chicago, IL, November 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1979, 07:43 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- 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: N9026U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9026U-1980-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737/
- People aboard: 103
- 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/19791129045289I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED SMOKE IN AIRCRAFT AFTER TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE MALFUNCTION.

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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