# Incident 19810420024049I: Cvac 440, Chicago, IL, April 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1981, 15:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- 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: N7743U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7743U-1996-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- People aboard: 47
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,400 total, 3,450 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/19810420024049I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMB LEFT ENGINE AUTO FEATHERED. RETURNED AND FOUND BAD THRUST SENSITIVE SWITCH.

## Other reports on N7743U (4)

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

- [Incident 19870204004809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870204004809I), Feb 4, 1987: Cvac STCAPJC (N7743U), Charleston, WV. Down and locked lights failed to illuminate with gear extension. Safe landing made. Gear handle to be replaced.
- [Incident 19870122003459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870122003459I), Jan 22, 1987: Cvac STCAPJC (N7743U), Charleston, WV. The gear down lights failed to illuminate. Handle recycled and lights operated. Switch actuating rod sticking.
- [Incident 19831003066509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831003066509I), Oct 3, 1983: Cvac STCAPJC (N7743U), Chicago, IL. Heard aloud bang when gear was lowered. Excuted a missed approach. Landed normally. Actuator gear casting failed.
- [Incident 19821023062169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821023062169I), Oct 23, 1982: Cvac STCAPJC (N7743U), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Pilot lost outside wheel on takeoff. Continued to destination. Taxied off runway. Shut down. Towed to hangar.

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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