19831222069489I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 72722 · Chicago, IL · December 22, 1983

Date
December 22, 1983 · 13:00 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N7068U
Reported as
Boeing 72722
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.

Automatic control of pressurization became inoperative. Replaced manual pressure controller, pack valves, and switc

As the FAA filed it

AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF PRESSURIZATION BECAME INOPERATIVE. REPLACED MANUAL PRESSURE CONTROLLER, PACK VALVES, AND SWITC