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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-222 · Chicago, IL · February 23, 1981

Date: February 23, 1981 · 20:12 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Ohare
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UALA
Aircraft: N7638U
Reported as: Boeing 727222
People aboard: 46
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7638URegistration cancelled Feb 16, 2007 · Boeing 727-222S/N 19911 · Built 1968 Airframe modelBoeing 727-222 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1Turbo-jet

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.

During descent lost a system hydraulic fluid. Found gear door actuator leak.

As the FAA filed it

DURING DESCENT LOST A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID. FOUND GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR LEAK.

Other reports on N7638U · 2

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

Incident 19850923054879INormal Cruise · Wichita, KSUncontrollable increase in cabin pressurization. Emergency descent and safe landing. Recurrent undetermined problemSep 23, 1985 Incident 19840610045779ITo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · FLShutdown nr 3 engine due to vibrations. Aborted takeoff. Found last stage stator and turbine wheel blades missing.Jun 10, 1984 · Minor damage