# Incident 19830617030509I: Boeing 727123, Chicago, IL, June 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1983, 07:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N1964, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1964-1994-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-123 (registry code 138404G, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727123
- People aboard: 82
- 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/19830617030509I

## Narrative

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

FAILURE OF THE GALLEY OVENS  OVERHEAT THERMOSTAT CAUSED CREW TO SUSPECT A FIRE. SMOKE CAUSED BY FOOD SPILLAGE.

## Other reports on N1964 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780619046629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780619046629I), Jun 19, 1978: Boeing 727 (N1964), St Louis, MO. Pilot on short final with gear not down, instructed by tower to go around.

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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