41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 24, 1981 · 12:20 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N720AA
Reported as
Boeing 727227
People aboard
63
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.
Cabin pressure climbed, emergency descent, deployed masks. Engine bleed valve and diode in aural horn replaced.
As the FAA filed it
CABIN PRESSURE CLIMBED, EMERGENCY DESCENT, DEPLOYED MASKS. ENGINE BLEED VALVE AND DIODE IN AURAL HORN REPLACED.