41.5250° N, 88.0817° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Joliet, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 20, 1984 · 11:10 local
Place
Joliet, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N79743
Reported as
Boeing 727
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.
Alpa allegation that usa flight was vectored out of sequence because cal flight 461 lost radio contact with ATC
As the FAA filed it
ALPA ALLEGATION THAT USA FLIGHT WAS VECTORED OUT OF SEQUENCE BECAUSE CAL FLIGHT 461 LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC