41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 12, 1979 · 08:43 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N1958
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
51
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.
After takeoff, #1 engine shut down due to low oil quantity/high oil pressure. Oil coming from turbine.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER TAKEOFF, #1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW OIL QUANTITY/HIGH OIL PRESSURE. OIL COMING FROM TURBINE.