41.9769° N, 87.9081° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 7, 1989 · 21:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
NR763
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Police arrested a passenger on arrival that had been smoking on the no smoking flight.
As the FAA filed it
POLICE ARRESTED A PASSENGER ON ARRIVAL THAT HAD BEEN SMOKING ON THE NO SMOKING FLIGHT.