# N7281U: 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: 21559
- Year built: 1978
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: October 26, 1978
- Certificate issued: October 22, 2004
- Last registry action: October 22, 2004
- Mode S code: A9C3D2
- 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/N7281U
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7281U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7281U-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 (12)

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

- [SDR 2001UALA01593](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01593), Aug 2, 2001: CONTROL CABLE. OBSTRUCTED. CREW REPORTS STEERING TILLER BINDS, ESPECIALLY IN A LEFT TURN. *S/D* FOUND OBSTRUCTION IN NOSE METERING VALVE CABLE SYSTEM. CLEARED OBSTRUCTION AND INSPECTED CA
- [SDR 2001UALA00543](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00543), Apr 18, 2001: EXHAUST PIPE. CRACKED. NR 1 ENGINE TAILPIPE CRACKED JUST AFT OF FORWARD FLANGE AT 9 O''CLOCK POSITION. *S/D* THE CAUSE OF THE CRACKING IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH THE MANUFACTUR
- [SDR 2000UALA00062](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00062), Feb 8, 2000: SPAR. CRACKED. DURING INSPECTION PER S/B 727-57A0182 AS MANDATED BY AD97-25-15 ON THE REAR SPAR WEB, RBL 34.00, ONE FASTENER HOLE WAS FOUND CRACKED. FATIGUE THE FASTENER HOLE 
- [SDR 99UAL900455](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900455), Aug 28, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT IN CABIN TO OVERWING IS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED ROW 7 BATTERYS IN EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPERATIONALLY CHECKS GOOD.
- [SDR 98UAL900447](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900447), Sep 5, 1998: DUCT. FAILED. WHEN ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS SELECTED ON THE NR 2 COWL ANTI-ICE DUCT TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 230 DEGREES. BEFORE IT WAS SELECTED AN ACRID SMELL WAS EVIDENT IN THE CO
- [SDR 98UAL900434](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900434), Aug 30, 1998: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. AFT EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN ABOVE CEILING INOPERATIVE. *S/D* REPLACED POWER SUPPLY, OPS CHECK NORMAL.
- [SDR 98UAL900258](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900258), Jun 10, 1998: CONTROL VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. CABIN DOES NOT PRESSURIZE DURING CLIMB IN AUTO, STANDBY OR MANUAL. *S/D* FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FLOW CONTROL VALVE WOULD NOT CLOSE. REPLACED EQUIPM
- [SDR 96UAL900810](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900810), Oct 14, 1996: TRANSMITTER. DEFECTIVE. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THE OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAPS WERE STUCK AT THE 25 DEGREE POSITION. *S/D* ISOLATED PROBLEM TO THE RT OUTBOARD FLAP TRANSMITTER. REPL
- [SDR 96UAL900752](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900752), Sep 26, 1996: RETRACT MECH. OUT OF ADJUST. ON APPROACH TO ORD, OUTBOARD FLAPS STOP AT 15 DEGREES. INBOARDS WENT TO 25 DEGREES. OUTBOARDS SHOW SOME ASYMMETRY IN NEEDLES AT 15 DEGREES.
- [SDR 96UAL900717](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900717), Sep 19, 1996: INFLATE TUBE. SEPARATED. DURING TIME CONTROLLED OVERHAUL, SLIDE FAILURE DUE TO SEAM SEPARATION OF THE INFLATION TUBE. UNIT SCRAPPED.
- [SDR 96UAL900170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900170), Mar 6, 1996: FIRE LOOP. OUT OF POSITION. NR 1 ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. SQUIB TEST REMAINS ON FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER TEST. FOUND LOWER LOOP RUBBING AGAINST ENGINE COWLING. REPOSITIONED 
- [SDR 95UAL900026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900026), Jun 30, 1995: VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. A/C EXPERIENCED ASYMMETRIC FLAP EXTENSION UPON LANDING. REPLACED INBD FLAP VALVE, LT FWD BEARING ON THE ELEPHANT EAR. FOUND PINION GEAR ON THE VALVE WORN.

## 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 19910922049729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922049729I), Sep 22, 1991: Boeing 727222 (N7281U), Ontario, CA. On push back ground person sustained injury to her leg. Tow tractor drove over her leg.

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