# Incident 19880102010949I: Boeing 737322, Chicago, IL, January 2, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1988, 10:31 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- 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: N302UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302UA-2013-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 42
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880102010949I

## Narrative

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

LOST PRESSURIZATION AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. RETURNED TO ORD. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. NUMEROUS COMPONENTS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N302UA (3)

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

- [Incident 20010218004229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010218004229I), Feb 18, 2001: Boeing 737322 (N302UA), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) United airlines flight #1763 landed at Denver International Airport in an extremely nose high altitude and experienced a tail strike centerline of the…
- [Incident 19980430023289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980430023289I), Apr 30, 1998: Boeing 737322 (N302UA), Rochester, NY. (-23) No narrative available.
- [Incident 19971230044429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971230044429I), Dec 30, 1997: Boeing 737300 (N302UA), Omaha, NE. Narrative: united airlines flight 361 enroute chicago, IL, to san jose, CA diverted to Omaha, NE due to electrical problems. Company mechanics found the #1 ac…

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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