# Incident 19811212088529I: Boeing 727223, Chicago, IL, December 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1981, 20:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N886AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 29
- 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/19811212088529I

## Narrative

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

ZG ZK ZK ZR HOLDING NEAR GATE, STARTED APU, FIRE SEEN BY CABIN ATTENDANT. APU REPLACED. NO FAULT FOUND.

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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