# N157UA: Boeing 747-123, registration cancelled 2000-01-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 3, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 747-123](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-123) (registry code 1384873)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A20WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A20WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 20106
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: January 27, 1988
- Last registry action: January 18, 2000
- Mode S code: A0E5F3
- Owner when cancelled: [United Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNITED%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [San Francisco, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Francisco)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.6220° N, 122.3838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 94128, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N157UA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=157UA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N157UA-2000-01-03

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Boeing 747-123: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-123.md

## Service difficulty reports (8)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 98UAL900462](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900462), Sep 18, 1998: WIRE. FAILED. CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP AT AFT LAV NR 118 AISLE. REPAIRED WIRE NR W1334-L4762-22 AT LIGHT ASSEMBLY, OP CK OK.
- [SDR 98UAL900198](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900198), May 15, 1998: CIRCUIT BREAKER. FAILED. FIRE FROM NR 2 C/B INS. *S/D* C/B C787 FAILED INTERNALLY. REPLACED BREAKER.
- [SDR 98UAL900127](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900127), Mar 28, 1998: LEFDU. FAILED. LEADING EDGE FLAP LIGHTS STAYED ON DURING FLIGHT UNTIL CREW WENT FROM POSITION ONE, TO FLAP POSITION FIVE. GREEN LIGHT THEN CAME ON AND STAYED ON THROUGH LANDIN
- [SDR 97UAL900553](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900553), Jul 16, 1997: ELBOW. FAILED. DURING DESCENT, NUMBER THREE ENGINE OIL QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO AND THE OIL PRESSURE EVENTUALLY REDUCED TO ZERO. AN IN FLIGHT SHUT DOWN OCCURRED. *S/D* THE FLANGE
- [SDR 97UAL900211](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900211), Mar 10, 1997: FITTING. CRACKED. MAIN LANDING GEAR (BODY) TRUNNION BACK-UP FITTING WAS CRACKED AND CORRODED. TRUNNION FITTING REPLACED WITH NEW FITTING.
- [SDR 95UAL900343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900343), Dec 26, 1995: ENGINE. FLAMED-OUT. ENGINE FLAME-OUT ON LANDING.
- [SDR 95UAL900094](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900094), Aug 15, 1995: FLOW DIVIDER. MALFUNCTIONED. A/C HAD APU TAILPIPE FIRE WHILE AT GATE. REPLACED APU. FLOW DIVIDER (P/N 976000) IN FUEL CONTROL FOUND TO BE STICKING AND THE BLEED DOWN VALVE (P/N 36037) WAS F
- [SDR 95UAL747037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL747037), May 24, 1995: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. EXPERIENCED LOW NOISE AND SLIGHT PITCH AT FL 350. DURING APPROACH WHEN FLAPS GOING FROM 5 TO 10 AND 10 TO 20 DEGREES, EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE VIBRATION.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA88IA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88IA056), May 2, 1988: Boeing 747-123 (N157UA), Nr Tokyo, Japan, incident, minor damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Incident 19980515014099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980515014099I), May 15, 1998: Boeing 747123 (N157UA), Honolulu, HI, No damage. Narrative: united flight 827 departed Honolulu, HI (hnl) for narita, japan on 5/15/98. Captain gipson was receiving initial operating experience (ioe) under…

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