# Incident 19970323015599I: Boeing 727251, Chicago, IL, March 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1997, 00:31 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P9RA
- 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: N280US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N280US-2000-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 10,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970323015599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FAA CONTACTED DUE TO TURN BACK & EMERGENCY. DECLARED AIRWORTHINESS INVOLVED DUE TO POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A/C DEPARTED O'HARE , LOST ALL AIRSPEED & ALTIMETERS AT 400' AGL. DECLARED EMERGENCY, DUMPED FUEL, LANDED RUNWAY 9 W/O INCIDENT. MTC FOUND PITOT/STATIC LINE OFF CAUSING LOSS OF SYSTEM. LINE RE-INSTALLED, SYS. TESTED, A/C TEST FLOWN ALL SYS NORMAL & OPERATIONAL. CAUSES ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N280US (3)

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

- [Incident 19910214004709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910214004709I), Feb 14, 1991: Boeing 727251 (N280US), Memphis, TN. Fumes in aircraft when lights turned on. Emergency landing. Ballast for lights was cause of fumes.
- [Incident 19900104006849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900104006849I), Jan 4, 1990: Boeing 727251 (N280US), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. NR3 engine separated in flight. Landed safely. Recovered engine. Found ingested material from lavatory tank.
- [Incident 19880215011909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880215011909I), Feb 15, 1988: Boeing 727251 (N280US), Billings, MT. Had a false landing gear position indication. Returned. Landed without incident. Replaced left main downlock sensor

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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