# Incident 19800103010219I: Boeing 727222, Indianapolis, IN, January 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1980, 19:55 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7626U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7626U-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 104
- 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/19800103010219I

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S SLIDING WINDOW OUTER PANE CRACKED. REPLACED BY MAINTENANCE AT O'HARE.

## Other reports on N7626U (2)

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

- [Incident 19790922050649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790922050649I), Sep 22, 1979: Boeing 727222 (N7626U), Chicago, IL. Lost "a" hydraulic system due to a leak in the line between "b" system module and #2 engine firewall.
- [Incident 19781128024369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781128024369I), Nov 28, 1978: Boeing 727 (N7626U), Des Moines, IA. After takeoff aircraft lost both VHF communications systems. Returned for landing.

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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