# Incident 19800203020619I: Boeing 727, Chicago, IL, February 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N746TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N746TW-1982-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-131B (registry code 138360P, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-131b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- 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/19800203020619I

## Narrative

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

NO LOCKED INDICATION FOR LEFT MAIN GEAR. CHECKED DOWN VISUALLY. REPLACED SWITCH AND WIRING.

## Other reports on N746TW (2)

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

- [Incident 19780826039129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826039129I), Aug 26, 1978: Boeing 707131B (N746TW), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. While taxiing aircraft had a complte rim separation and tire came off. Other tire also failed.
- [Incident 19780806050259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780806050259I), Aug 6, 1978: Boeing 707/ (N746TW), Chicago, IL. Pilot became ill while taxiing out, flight returned to gate.

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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