# Incident 19810108019119I: Dhav DHC71, Chicago, IL, January 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWAA
- 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: N721S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N721S-1985-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-7-102 (registry code 2802708, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-7-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC71
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 8,300 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/19810108019119I

## Narrative

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

ZA BUS TIE OPENED. NO 3 AND 4 GENERATOR AND BATTERY WOULD NOT COME ON LINE FOUND SHIELDED WIRE IN FIELD CIRCUIT BAD

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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