# Incident 19830404017779I: Boeing 72722, Chicago, IL, April 4, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1983, 23:05 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N7009U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7009U-2005-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- People aboard: 107
- 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/19830404017779I

## Narrative

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

CABIN PRESSURE UNCONTROLLABLE. SMOKE IN CABIN. PRESSURE REGAINED AT FL 180. REPLACED PRESSURE FLOW CONTROL VALVES.

## Other reports on N7009U (1)

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

- [Incident 19890624033059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890624033059I), Jun 24, 1989: Boeing 72722 (N7009U), Washington, DC, Minor damage. NR2 engine failure on takeoff. Returned. Had fire warning. Found an uncontained compressor disk failure.

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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