41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1981 · 18:40 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N853AA
Reported as
Boeing 727223
People aboard
50
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.
Uncontrollable pressurization after takeoff. Returned to airport. Found broken duct.
As the FAA filed it
UNCONTROLLABLE PRESSURIZATION AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND BROKEN DUCT.