# Incident 19810520031729I: Boeing 737222, Chicago, IL, May 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1981, 16:20 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- 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: N9069U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9069U-1999-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 90
- 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/19810520031729I

## Narrative

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

NUMBER 1 SLAT WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND LEADING EDGE ANTI ICE TELESCOPING TUBE BENT, PREVENTING SLAT FROM RETRACTING

## Other reports on N9069U (1)

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

- [Incident 19970607017359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607017359I), Jun 7, 1997: Boeing 737222 (N9069U), Buffalo, NY. Narrative: on Saturday, June 7, 1997, at 8:44 EDT, a Boeing 737, N9069U, flight 326, during cruise flight from rochester, new york to chicago (o'hare airport),…

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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