# N7257U: 1978 Boeing 727-222, registration cancelled 2002-06-10 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: June 10, 2002 - Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned - Airframe: [Boeing 727-222](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (registry code 1384073) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 21404 - Year built: 1978 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: February 28, 1978 - Certificate issued: March 28, 1978 - Last registry action: July 17, 2001 - Mode S code: A9B97F - Owner when cancelled: [United Air Lines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNITED%20AIR%20LINES%20INC) - Location: [Chicago, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Chicago) - Physical address: [Elk Grove Township, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Elk%20Grove%20Township) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 41.8813° N, 87.6375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60606, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7257U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7257U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7257U-2002-06-10 From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 727-222: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222.md ## Service difficulty reports (18) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2001UALA01726](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01726), Aug 10, 2001: BATTERY. FAILED. AFT AIRSTAIRS EMERGENCY LIGHT IS INOPERABLE. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE THE BATTERY FAILED. REPLACED BATTERY. OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR 2001UALA00882](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00882), May 31, 2001: SKIN. CRACKED. CRACK LOCATED NEAR FASTENER AT STA 480. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND TRIPLER PER MAJOR SHEETMETAL REPAIR SPECIFICATIONS SRM 53-30-03 FIG 3A AND FIG 24. MAJOR REPAIR AC - [SDR 2001UALA00387](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00387), Mar 31, 2001: ROD END. DAMAGED. NR 5 SLAT ACTUATOR ROD END ATTACH POINT HAS AN EXISTING REPAIR WITH DOUBLE DRILLED HOLE AND CRACKED CORNERS. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE REPAIRED RIB WITH DOUBLER - [SDR 2001UALA00386](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00386), Mar 31, 2001: ROD END. DAMAGED. NR 5 SLAT ACTUATOR ROD END ATTACH POINT HAS AN EXISTING REPAIR WITH DOUBLE DRILLED HOLE AND CRACKED CORNERS. REPAIRED RIB PER EVA G07938 WHICH INCORPORATES A DO - [SDR 2000UALA00615](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00615), Oct 24, 2000: BATTERY PACK. FAILED. OVERWING CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHT AT ROW 9 INOPERATIVE. *S/D* REPLACED BATTERY PACK, OPS CKS GOOD. - [SDR 2000UALA00260](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00260), May 16, 2000: UNKNOWN. ODOR. ABORTED TAKEOFF AT 70 KNOTS DUE TO SMELL OF SMOKE IN CABIN. (SMELL LIKE BURNING PAPER). AT THE SAME TIME NR 1 PACK TRIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *S/D* PROBABLE CAUSE - [SDR 99UAL900533](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900533), Oct 16, 1999: WIRE. LOOSE. EMERGENCY LIGHT OUT ABOVE FORWARD GALLEY DOOR. *S/D* LOOSE GROUND CONNECTION. REPAIRED LOOSE GROUND GD352. WD 33-51-02. OPS CKS GOOD. - [SDR 99UAL900305](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900305), May 2, 1999: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. ABORTED TAKEOFF AT BETWEEN 80 AND 100 KNOTS DUE TO A COMPRESSOR STALL ON NR 2 ENGINE. FLAMES REPORTED FROM REAR OF ENGINE. CROSS WINDS 27 TO 45 KNOTS. *S/D* STR - [SDR 98UAL900147](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900147), Apr 12, 1998: WIRE. FAILED. EEL FLOOR LIGHTS INOP ROW 19 TO 26. *S/D* REPLACED POWER STRIP. - [SDR 98UAL900089](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900089), Feb 21, 1998: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. USING ALTERNATE SYSTEM, OUTBOARD FLAPS WOULD NOT EXCEED BEYOND 30 DEGREES, THEN WOULD NOT RETRACT LESS THAN 5 DEGREES. RETURNED TO PAI. - [SDR 97UAL900740](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900740), Sep 30, 1997: LAMP. FAILED. BOTH AFT DOORS EMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. LAMPS WERE BURNED OUT. REPLACED LAMPS AND SYSTEM CHECKED OKAY. - [SDR 97UAL900300](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900300), Apr 15, 1997: OVERHEAT DET. OUT OF POSITION. LOWER AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT FL370. DESCENDED DOWN TO FL 250 AND LIGHT WENT OUT APPROX 310 DURING THE DESCENT. *S/D* REPOSITIONED KEEL BEAM D - [SDR 96UAL900694](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900694), Sep 14, 1996: ACTUATOR. FAILED. WHEN EXTENDING FLAPS TO 15, NR 2 SLAT DID NOT EXTEND. REPLACED NR 2 SLAT ACTUATOR. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL. - [SDR 96UAL900215](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900215), Mar 25, 1996: STARTER. FAILED. CLIMBING THROUGH 7,000 FEET, GOT NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING FOR 3 SECONDS THEN WENT OUT. SHUT DOWN NR 1 ENGINE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED STRANGE NOISE FROM ENGIN - [SDR 96UAL900109](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900109), Feb 12, 1996: AIR DISTR. SMOKE. WHILE OPERATING PACKS ON GROUND WITH APU AIR, CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. OPERATED PACKS FROM APU FOR OVER AN HOUR AND NO ODOR NOTED. SUSPECT DE-ICING FLUID. CHECK - [SDR 96UAL900075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900075), Jan 29, 1996: FLOW CONTL VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE. CABIN WOULD NOT HOLD MORE THAN 1 DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE CLIMBING THROUGH 10K FEET, CABIN WAS 8,000 FEET. ACCOMPLI - [SDR 95UAL900313](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900313), Dec 12, 1995: EEL. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE IN FIRST CLASS OVERHEAD. REPLACED LIGHT ASSY. - [SDR 95UAL727033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL727033), Apr 6, 1995: EEL RECEPTACLE. INOPERATIVE. EEL STRIP BETWEEN ROWS 5 T0 13 IS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED POWER STRIP RECEPTACLE. ## Other aircraft with N7257U - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7257U): Watts Nicky L SPORTSMAN 2+2, S/N 7257, built 2019 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.