# Incident 19840419020869I: Boeing 727, Chicago, IL, April 19, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1984, 16:33 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N7273, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7273-2008-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-25C (registry code 1384990, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-25c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 59
- 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/19840419020869I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN DURING ENPLANEMENT OF PASSENGERS. FOUND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM A BALLAST FOR A FLUORESCENT LIGHT.

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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