# Incident 19810117007029I: Boeing 727251, Chicago, IL, January 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1981, 12:03 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- 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: N260US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N260US-2004-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 23
- 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/19810117007029I

## Narrative

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

NUMBER FOUR LEADING EDGE FLAP WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND. MAINTENANCE CHANGED NR 4 LEADING EDGE FLAP ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N260US (4)

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

- [Incident 19940226009459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940226009459I), Feb 26, 1994: Boeing 737200 (N260US), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. Blew right main landing gear tire on rollout. Brakes caught on fire. Emergency evacuation ordered.
- [Incident 19901124057249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901124057249I), Nov 24, 1990: Boeing 727251 (N260US), Memphis, TN. NR1 engine fire warning. Shut down and used bottle. The fuel heat manifold line was broken.
- [Incident 19860513022719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860513022719I), May 13, 1986: Boeing 727251 (N260US), Billings, MT. Aborted takeoff when aural warning sounded. Recycled flaps and departed. Rigging of flaps checked with no faults.
- [Incident 19860501027939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860501027939I), May 1, 1986: Boeing 727251 (N260US), Billings, MT. Aural warning sounded with power application. Aborted takeoff. Recycled flaps. Later lubricated flap jackscrews.

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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