# Incident 19830519056079I: Boeing 707331B, Chicago, IL, May 19, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1983, 19:40 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N778TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N778TW-1984-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-331B (registry code 138366H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-331b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707331B
- 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/19830519056079I

## Narrative

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

TRUCK UNLEVEL LIGHT CAME ON. GEAR LEVER LOCKED. LEFT GEAR TRUCK POSITIONER PRIORITY VALVE INLET END BLOWN OFF.

## Other reports on N778TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19781121026259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781121026259I), Nov 21, 1978: Boeing 707331B (N778TW), Boston, MA. Pilot declared an emergency due to smoke in cabine. Found faulty temperature indicator for freon system

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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