# Incident 19861018065009I: Boeing 727231, Chicago, IL, October 18, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1986, 11:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O Hare International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54354, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54354-2008-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 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/19861018065009I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED FLIGHT CONTROL MALFUNCTION AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO FIELD. SPOILER CONTROL CABLE FOUND BROKEN.

## Other reports on N54354 (1)

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

- [Incident 19911110055869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911110055869I), Nov 10, 1991: Boeing 727231 (N54354), St Louis, MO. APU torched while boarding. Passengers panicked and removed overwing exits. Slid off wings. Minor injuries.

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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