# Incident 19880619064099I: Boeing 727251, Chicago, IL, June 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1988, 09:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- 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: N204US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N204US-2007-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880619064099I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED PASSENGER SMOKED AND REMOVED DETECTOR FROM LAVATORY. POLICE MET AIRCRAFT ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N204US (2)

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

- [Incident 19950118004949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950118004949I), Jan 18, 1995: Boeing 727251 (N204US), Little Rock, AR. Narrative: on January 18, 1995, at approximately 2051 CST, a Boeing 727 airplane registered to northwest airlines, inc., landed at Little Rock, Adams Field…
- [Incident 19860905051339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860905051339I), Sep 5, 1986: Boeing 727251 (N204US), Maquoketa, IA. Pilot accepted clearance to descend for another aircraft. Loss of standard separation.

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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