# Incident 19810123090199I: Boeing 707131B, Chicago, IL, January 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1981, 09:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N6790T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6790T-1982-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-131B (registry code 138360P, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-131b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707131B
- People aboard: 46
- 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/19810123090199I

## Narrative

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

CREW NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT OF SMOKE COMING FROM LEFT GEAR. RETURNED TO GATE. FOUND BRAKE ROTOR BROKEN.

## Other reports on N6790T (1)

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

- [Incident 19820217070979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820217070979I), Feb 17, 1982: Boeing 707131B (N6790T), San Francisco, CA. During taxi in, NR2 flamed out. Fuel tank empty. Fuel gauge indicated fuel. NR4 fuel gauge inoperative at departure

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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