# Incident 19800131020439I: Frchld FH227, Chicago, IL, January 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1980, 15:28 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OZAA
- 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: N4223, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4223-1980-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild FH-227B (registry code 3373046, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-fh-227b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD FH227
- People aboard: 28
- 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/19800131020439I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE LANDING GEAR LIGHT CAME ON WHEN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED ON APPROACH. ACTUATOR LOWER GEAR PIVOT BOUND UP.

## Other reports on N4223 (2)

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

- [Incident 19790722019459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790722019459I), Jul 22, 1979: Frchld FH227 (N4223), Dubuque, IA. Smoke in cabin emitting from ground recirculation blower. Unrelated bird strike on rollout.
- [Incident 19780227000349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780227000349I), Feb 27, 1978: Frchld FH227 (N4223), Peoria, IL. Orange glow from nose cowl on climbout. Anti-ice ammeter pegged. Pulled cb & made precautionary 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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