41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 11, 1984 · 08:00 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N995
Reported as
Boeing 727100
People aboard
53
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.
Smoke in cockpit. Masks not used. Found hi intensity light switch shorted.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN COCKPIT. MASKS NOT USED. FOUND HI INTENSITY LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED.