41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 9, 1980 · 01:25 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8736
Reported as
Boeing 707331B
People aboard
105
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.
Hydraulic failure due to system serviced with wrong type fluid.
As the FAA filed it
HYDRAULIC FAILURE DUE TO SYSTEM SERVICED WITH WRONG TYPE FLUID.