# N7277U: 1978 Boeing 727-222, registration cancelled 2006-06-28 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: June 28, 2006 - Status when cancelled: Valid registration - Airframe: [Boeing 727-222](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (registry code 1384073) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 21424 - Year built: 1978 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: September 27, 1978 - Certificate issued: August 4, 2004 - Last registry action: August 4, 2004 - Mode S code: A9C0ED - Owner when cancelled: [Ljh Aviation Management Services Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LJH%20AVIATION%20MANAGEMENT%20SERVICES%20CORP) - Location: [Hot Springs, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Hot%20Springs) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 34.5267° N, 92.9735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 71901, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7277U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7277U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7277U-2006-06-28 From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 (20) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2001UALA01343](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01343), Jul 4, 2001: ACTUATOR. FAILED. CREW REPORTS A GRINDING NOISE HEAR WHEN CRUISE TRIM ENGAGED. MANUAL TRIM WAS JAMMED IN THE NOSE UP POSITION. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEN. REPLACED THE MAIN STAB TR - [SDR 2001UALA01190](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01190), Jun 24, 2001: ROLLER. SHEARED. CREW RECEIVED A SPLIT FLAP INDICATION WHILE RETRACTING FLAPS AFTER CLIMBOUT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO EWR. FOUND ROLLERS ON TOGGLE ASSEMBLY FOR THE RT INBOARD FLAP - [SDR 2001UALA00943](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00943), Jun 4, 2001: SEAL. MISSING. CABIN PRESSURE CANNOT BE MAINTAINED IN DESCENT. *S/D* FOUND OUTFLOW VALVE FRAME SEAL MISSING. REPLACED FRAME SEAL. OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR 2000UALA00815](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00815), Dec 27, 2000: SEAL. LEAKING. CREW REPORTED NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING COMING ON WITH POWER ABOVE 85 PERCENT. REDUCED POWER AND LIGHT WENT OUT. ADVANCED POWER AND BELL AND LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. - [SDR 2000UALA00826](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00826), Dec 22, 2000: DUCT. CRACKED. NR 2 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER REMOVED 12/16/00 DUE TO ACOUSTIC EXTENSION DUCT FOUND CRACKED DURING B-CHECK. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKS - [SDR 2000UALA00706](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00706), Nov 21, 2000: LINE. FAILED. NR 3 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED RUSHING AIR NOISE IN AFT CABIN ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO ORD. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE DAM - [SDR 2000UALA00585](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00585), Oct 10, 2000: LIGHT. FAILED. EEL STRIP INOPERATIVE FROM ROW 16 T0 24. *S/D* REPLACED FEEDER CABLE AT ROW 22. GROUND TEST EEL NORMAL. - [SDR 2000UALA00330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00330), Jun 11, 2000: WIRE. BROKEN. FOUND SEVERAL EMERGENCY EEL STRIPS INOPERATIVE BETWEEN ROWS 17 ABC THROUGH 25 ABC AND AT ROW 12 ABC. ALSO, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT DOOR L1 INOPERATIVE. *S/D* BR - [SDR 2000UALA00148](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00148), Mar 13, 2000: SPOILER. MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN SPEEDBRAKE EXTENDED AT 350 KNOTS SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED 20 DEGREE ROLL TO THE RIGHT. VISUALLY INSPECTED DURING FLIGHT. LEFT WING OUTBOARD SPOI - [SDR 99UAL900604](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900604), Nov 16, 1999: BEARING. FAILED. WHILE USING APU TO POWER AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE. APU MADE SEVERAL LOUD BANGS, APU WAS SHUT DOWN. SMOKE CONTINUED FROM EXHAUST. *S/D* FRON - [SDR 99UAL900512](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900512), Oct 8, 1999: TAILSKID. DAMAGED. POSSIBLE TAIL STRIKE ON TAKEOFF FROM BDL. TAIL STRIKE ILLUMINATION LIGHT ON. OVER SYR UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE. DIVERTED TO CLE. *S/D* REPLACED CYLINDER AND - [SDR 98UAL900352](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900352), Jul 24, 1998: FITTING. BROKEN. CREW REPORTED SMALL POPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF CREW OXYGEN. *S/D* BULKHEAD FITTING ON HOSE FROM O2 REGULATOR TO BULKHEAD WAS FOUND BROKEN. HOSE WAS REP - [SDR 98UAL900297](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900297), Jun 25, 1998: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN ABOVE DOOR 2R FLICKERS ON AND OFF WITH COCKPIT SWITCH IN ARMED POSITION. *S/D* REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT DOOR 2R AND 1R. - [SDR 98UAL900278](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900278), Jun 18, 1998: SWITCH. FAILED. RIGHT WING NR 4 LEADING EDGE FLAP DID NOT EXTEND. *S/D* REPLACED NR 4 LEADING EDGE FLAP POSITION SWITCH. SYSTEM OPS CHECKS OK. - [SDR 98UAL900166](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900166), Apr 27, 1998: COMPRESSOR. FAILED. JUST AFTER ROTATION FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED LOUD BANG AND VIBRATION FROM THE REAR OF AIRCRAFT. SHUT DOWN NR 3 ENGINE. DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO MIA. *S/D* ENGINE D - [SDR 96UAL900937](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900937), Dec 14, 1996: INFLATION TUBE. LEAKS. SLIDE REMOVED FOR AIR CRUISERS SERVICE INFORMATION LETTER. DURING SHOP OVERHAUL INFLATION TUBE DEVELOPED A SEAM LEAK. SCRAPPED SLIDE. - [SDR 96UAL900918](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900918), Nov 28, 1996: COFFEEMAKER. OVERHEATED. ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN AFT GALLEY. *S/D* BURNING SMELL ISOLATED TO AFT LOWER COFFEEMAKER. REPLACED COFFEEMAKER. - [SDR 96UAL900126](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900126), Feb 19, 1996: FIRE TEST. INOPERATIVE. NR 2 ENGINE FIRE TEST INOPERATIVE. - [SDR 96UAL900121](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900121), Feb 16, 1996: FIRE DET LOOP. INOPERATIVE. NR 2 ENGINE FIRE TEST INOPERATIVE, FIRE DETECTION LOOP WOULD NOT GROUND TEST. REPLACED FIRE DETECTION LOOP FOR NR 2 ENGINE AND GROUND TEST NORMAL. - [SDR 96UAL900028](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900028), Jan 11, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. THE AFT CABIN DOOR EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK. ## FAA accident and incident reports (2) 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 19980427014979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980427014979I), Apr 27, 1998: Boeing 727222 (N7277U), Miami, FL. Shutdown NR3 engine on takeoff after loud bang and vibration. High N1 and N2 pumped fuel. Debris started grass fire - [Incident 19820122005239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820122005239I), Jan 22, 1982: Boeing 727222 (N7277U), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. B hydraulic system failed in flight. Landed safely, replaced a leaking b hydraulic system return line. --- 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.