41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 24, 1980 · 07:33 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N6820
Reported as
Boeing 727223
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
31
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.
Takeoff aborted after nr 3 engine power dropped. Changed fuel pump and fuel control assembly.
As the FAA filed it
TAKEOFF ABORTED AFTER NR 3 ENGINE POWER DROPPED. CHANGED FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL ASSEMBLY.