# Incident 19800507051499I: Boeing 727223, Chicago, IL, May 7, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1980, 18:05 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N6801, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6801-1994-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 62
- 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/19800507051499I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN ACCESS DOOR LIGHT CAME ON. TAXIED BACK INTO POSITION AND DEPARTED.

## Other reports on N6801 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930809046289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930809046289I), Aug 9, 1993: Boeing 727223 (N6801), Newark, NJ. Passenger smoked in the lavatory in flight. Stated he knew he was breaking the law and did not care.
- [Incident 19800228029119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800228029119I), Feb 28, 1980: Boeing 727223 (N6801), Chicago, IL. Takeoff warning horn sounded during takeoff roll. Takeoff was aborted.

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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