# N7274U: 1978 Boeing 727-222, registration cancelled 2002-09-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 13, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Boeing 727-222](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (registry code 1384073)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 21421
- Year built: 1978
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 31, 1978
- Certificate issued: October 2, 1978
- Last registry action: July 17, 2001
- Mode S code: A9C084
- 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)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7274U
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7274U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7274U-2002-09-13

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 (11)

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

- [SDR 2001UALA00244](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00244), Mar 13, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY LIGHT ASSEMBLY AT DOOR 2L WAS INOPERABLE. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE REPLACED EMERGENCY LITE ASSEMBLY AT DOOR 2L. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR 2001UALA00105](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00105), Feb 12, 2001: CONTROL VALVE. FAILED. CABIN PRESSURE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED DURING DESCENT. *S/D* FLOW CONTROL VALVES FAILED. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT AIR FLOW CONTROL VALVES.
- [SDR 2000UALA00236](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00236), May 6, 2000: DUCT. CRACKED. THE NR 2 ENGINE INLET GUIDE VANE ANTI-ICE SYSTEM DUCT FOUND TO BE CRACKED THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY AROUND. REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE INLET GUIDE VANE DUCT. ALSO
- [SDR 99UAL900343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900343), Jun 25, 1999: HOSE. RUPTURED. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF FLUID AND PRESSURE FROM THE A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. RETURNED TO STL. *S/D* FOUND PRESSURE LINE GOING TO TAI
- [SDR 97UAL900525](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900525), Jul 2, 1997: ANTI-ICE VALVE. FAILED. NR 3 WING ANTI-ICE VALVE SECURED CLOSED. DUCT OVERHEAT LIGHT ON AND TEMPERATURE AT MAXIMUM. PULLED BACK THRUST AND RETURNED TO DENVER. *S/D* REPLACED ANTI-ICE V
- [SDR 97UAL900464](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900464), Jun 10, 1997: LIGHT. LOOSE. EEL LIGHTING AT 15C INOPERATIVE. *S/D* RESEATED EEL LIGHTING AT 15C.
- [SDR 96UAL900718](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900718), Sep 19, 1996: INFLATE TUBE. SEPARATED. DURING CONTROLLED OVERHAUL, SLIDE FAILED DUE TO SEAM SEPARATION OF THE INFLATION TUBE. SLIDE SCRAPPED.
- [SDR 96UAL900653](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900653), Aug 23, 1996: LAMP. DISCONNECTED. ONE EEL STRIP SEGMENT INOPERATIVE AT APPROXIMATELY SEAT ROW 13. LAMP WAS DISCONNECTED FROM CABLE ASSEMBLY. CONNECTED CABLE AND REPLACED LAMP ASSEMBLY.
- [SDR 96UAL900020](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900020), Jan 9, 1996: FUEL. IMBALANCE. AIRCRAFT REQUIRES 3 UNITS OF AILERON TRIM FOR LEVEL FLIGHT. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO RAP DUE TO AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED FUEL IMBALANCE EN ROUTE. CAUSE OF UNBALANCE UNDETER
- [SDR 95UAL900160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900160), Sep 28, 1995: TEMP CONTROLLER. FAILED. LEFT PACK MIX VALVE STUCK IN FULL COLD - CAUSED PACK TRIP WITH SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 7, BUT WAS NOT REPORTED THROUGH THE 
- [SDR 95UAL727001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL727001), Jan 4, 1995: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP DOOR 1 LT. REPLACED BATTERIES AND LIGHT ASSEMBLY.

## 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 19790802029199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790802029199I), Aug 2, 1979: Boeing 727222 (N7274U), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Fire warning lite and bell on takeoff. Starter 383222-1-1 failed. FOD to fan case adjacent to starter.

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