# N7278U: 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: 21425 - Year built: 1978 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: October 4, 1978 - Certificate issued: May 6, 2005 - Last registry action: May 6, 2005 - Mode S code: A9C110 - 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/N7278U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7278U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7278U-2006-06-28 From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 2001UALA00429](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00429), Apr 4, 2001: SENSOR. FAILED. DURING CLIMB FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION WAS ERRATIC DURING FUEL TRANSFER FROM THE NR 1 FUEL TANK. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE. REPLACED INDICATOR. - [SDR 2000UALA00444](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00444), Jul 22, 2000: HEAT EXCHANGE. LEAKING. SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENGINE. SUSPECTED FUEL / OIL HEAT EXCHANGER LEAKING FUEL INTO THE OIL SYSTEM. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO DTW. *S/D* FUEL-OIL CO - [SDR 2000UALA00374](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00374), Jul 2, 2000: CONNECTOR. FAILED. APU GENERATOR INOPERATIVE AT DISPATCH. PHASE INBALANCE THEN ZERO VOLTS ON GENERATOR. *S/D* MAINTENANCE FOUND BURNT CONTACTS IN THE APU FEEDER CABLE CONNECTORS D - [SDR 2000UALA00209](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00209), Apr 25, 2000: AIR DUCT. OVERHEATED. SMOKE IN CABIN AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING OUT OF RIGHT WHEEL WELL AREA JUST BEFORE PUSHBACK. ALL PASSENGERS EVACUATED THROUGH FORWARD CABIN DOOR. *S/D* OVERHEATE - [SDR 2000UALA00112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00112), Mar 7, 2000: CIRCUIT BREAKER. FAULTY. CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED WHEN RADAR TURNED ON. RETURNED TO DEN. *S/D* AFTER SEVERAL LRU REPLACEMENTS, MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE T/R CIRCUIT BREAKER C862, NO FURTHE - [SDR 99UAL900657](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900657), Dec 18, 1999: WIRE. CHAFED. SPARKS AND FRAYED WIRE AT SEAT 6E. *S/D* CABLE WIRES LOCATED UNDER SEAT ASSY RUBBED OR CHAFED CREATING SPARKS. WIRES WERE TAPED AND THE AFFECTED PASSENGER ENTER - [SDR 99UAL900542](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900542), Oct 19, 1999: WARNING HORN. ACTIVATED. FLIGHT HAD ALTITUDE WARNING HORN. MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET. STANDBY CABIN PRESSURE WAS SELECTED. FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO JAX. *S/D* NO PROBABLE C - [SDR 98UAL900350](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900350), Jul 22, 1998: HYD FLUID. LOST. LOST B-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY. - [SDR 98UAL900320](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900320), Jul 14, 1998: YAW DAMPER. FAILED. CLIMBING OUT .70 MACH 330 TAS FLIGHT EXPERIENCED UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT SIMILAR TO ALTERNATELY PUSHING THE LEFT AND RIGHT RUDDER PEDALS GIVING THE FLIGHT A COMBI - [SDR 98UAL900095](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900095), Feb 28, 1998: BRAKES. WORN. NR 4 BRAKE HAS EXCESSIVE METAL SHAVINGS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF BRAKE. BRAKE WEAR PIN MEASURES .625. CREW VERBALLY REPORTED INEFFECTIVE BRAKING ACTION RIGHT SIDE - [SDR 98UAL900085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900085), Feb 22, 1998: COFFEEMAKER. FAILED. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED WHITE SMOKE FROM FORWARD GALLEY. GALLEY POWER SECURED. DIVERTED TO SAV. *S/D* FORWARD COFFEEMAKER HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT AND POPPED A CIR - [SDR 97UAL900513](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900513), Jul 3, 1997: EPR TRANSMITTER. MALFUNCTIONED. ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO NUMBER 2 ATIO (EPR) INOPERABLE. *S/D* THE EPR TRANSMITTER WAS REPLACED. THE TRANSMITTER WAS TESTED IN THE HOME SHOP AND FOUND TO BE WITHI - [SDR 97UAL900488](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900488), Jun 21, 1997: VALVE. FAILED. RETURNED TO ORD DUE TO LOSS OF A-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID. A-SYSTEM PUMPS SHUT OFF 3 MINUTES AFTER HYDRAULIC FAILURE. *S/D* REPLACED FLAP INTERCONNECT VALVE AND A - [SDR 96UAL900809](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900809), Oct 14, 1996: SWITCH. FAILED. DURING FINAL APPROACH WITH FLAPS AT 5 SPEED 180 KNOTS, AN AMBER LEADING EDGE FLAP LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE NUMBER 5 SLAT WAS UNLOCKED. *S/D* REPLACED N - [SDR 96UAL900625](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900625), Aug 13, 1996: SLIDE. SEAM LEAK. DURING SHOP OVERHAUL OF SLIDE REMOVED FOR TIME EXPIRATION, THE INFLATABLE PORTION DEVELOPED A SEAM LEAK. SCRAPPED UNIT. - [SDR 96UAL900459](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900459), Jun 18, 1996: PACK. OVERHEATED. LEFT PACK OVERHEATED IN AUTO MODE ON GROUND. OUTBOUND QUICK GROUND CHECK SHOWED LEFT COOLING FAN WORKING WITH RAM DOOR SHUT. STILL HAD VERY NOTICEABLE BURNT SME - [SDR 96UAL900387](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900387), May 31, 1996: FLANGE. LOOSE. CREW REPORTED A STRUT OVERHEAT NR 3 ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. REDUCED POWER AND SWITCHED PNEUMATICS TO NR 2 ENGINE AND LIGHT SWITCHED OFF. *S/D* AIR LEAK AT FLANGE FOR - [SDR 96UAL900191](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900191), Mar 14, 1996: ENGINE. POWER LOSS. CREW REPORTED LOSING POWER IN CLIMB, CRUISE, AND DESCENT. FRICTION LOCK WORKS NORMAL AND NO THROTTLE MOVEMENT IS EVIDENT. ALL INDICATIONS SHOW LOSS OF POWER. AC - [SDR 95UAL900269](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900269), Nov 21, 1995: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. BOTH FORWARD AND AFT LEFT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS ARE OUT. REPLACED BATTERIES. - [SDR 95UAL900104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900104), Aug 21, 1995: EEL. MISSING. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT IN AFT ENTRYWAY MISSING. REPLACED LIGHT ASSY, CHECKS OK. ## 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 19910331012239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910331012239I), Mar 31, 1991: Boeing 727222 (N7278U), Atlanta, GA. Door ajar en route. Diverted to Atlanta. Bottom latch on external power connector access door was unlatched. --- 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.