# Incident 19880515033829I: Boeing 727222, Chicago, IL, May 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1988, 21:36 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: N7639U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7639U-2012-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 154
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515033829I

## Narrative

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

MAN ON NONSMOKING FLIGHT INSISTED ON SMOKING. SMOKED AND MAY HAVE DAMAGED DETECTOR IN LAVATORY. ARRESTED AT ORD.

## Other reports on N7639U (1)

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

- [Incident 19920611023229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920611023229I), Jun 11, 1992: Boeing 727222 (N7639U), Des Moines, IA. Flaps froze on takeoff. Diverted. Landed safely. Right outboard flap jackscrew jammed in fairing.

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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