# N7285U: 1978 Boeing 727-222, registration cancelled 2003-12-15 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: December 15, 2003 - 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: 21563 - Year built: 1978 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: December 11, 1978 - Certificate issued: December 29, 1978 - Last registry action: July 17, 2001 - Mode S code: A9C45E - 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: 41.8500° 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/N7285U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7285U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7285U-2003-12-15 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 (15) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2000UALA00640](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00640), Oct 27, 2000: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. OVER BOOSTED ALL THREE ENGINES ON LANDING. FLAMES SEEN FROM NR 2 AND 3 ENGINES. LARGE EPR FLUCTUATIONS ON NR 2 AND 3 ENGINES. EPR ON LANDING NR 1 = 2.08, NR 2 = - [SDR 2000UALA00036](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00036), Jan 25, 2000: SWITCH. FAILED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEN AFTER NR 5 LEADING EDGE FLAP WOULD NOT RETRACT. *S/D* ADJUSTED NR 5 LEADING EDGE FLAP SWITCH. INDICATIONS AND OPERATION NORMAL PER MAIN - [SDR 99UAL900535](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900535), Oct 16, 1999: SEAT. LOOSE. AFTER TAKOFF FROM FLL SEAT ROW 14 DEF CAME OUT OF THE TRACK. MOVED PASSENGERS AND CREW WAS ABLE TO PUT ROW OF SEATS BACK INTO THE TRACK. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDAT - [SDR 99UAL900351](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900351), Jun 30, 1999: WHEEL. OUT OF BALANCE. DURING TAKEOFF, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND SEVERE VIBRATION. DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO DEN. *S/D* ACCOMPLISHED CHECK OF AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE DUE TO EXCESSIVE VI - [SDR 99UAL900220](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900220), Apr 19, 1999: CONTROL PANEL. MALFUNCTIONED. CREW REPORTS AT 33,000 FEET THE CABIN PRESSURE BEGAN TO CLIMB TO 11,000 FEET. MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 24,000 FEET. STANDBY OPERATION OK. *SD* REPLACED PRES - [SDR 99UAL900152](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900152), Mar 11, 1999: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT OVER DOOR INSIDE COCKPIT IS ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. *S/D* REPLACED BATTERY, OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR 99UAL900058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900058), Jan 22, 1999: CONTROL PANEL. FAILED. SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DIVERTED TO SLC AFTER FINDING AUTPILOT HOT TO TOUCH. *S/D* REPLACED AUTOPILOT MODE CONTROL PANEL DUE TO SHORTED OUT LIGHT PLATE. OPERATIONALLY - [SDR 98UAL900476](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900476), Sep 24, 1998: SWITCH. FAILED. # 6 LEADING EDGE FLAP SHOWS AMBER LIGHT WHEN IN FULL UP POSITION ON SECOND OFFICERS PANEL AND ON FORWARD PANEL. RETURNED TO ORD. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE REPLAC - [SDR 98UAL900429](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900429), Sep 1, 1998: VALVE. FAILED. NR 3 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO BOI. *S/D* HISTORY OF HIGH PRESSURE AND OVERHEAT LIGHT INDICATION. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE - [SDR 98UAL900239](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900239), Jun 3, 1998: BEARING. WORN. NR 2 ENGINE THROTTLE ADVANCES ON ITS OWN AND SPRINGS BACK TO CLIMB EPR SETTING AFTER INITIAL POWER. RETURNED TO ORD. *S/D* REPLACED COMPENSATOR ROD DUE TO WORN - [SDR 97UAL900575](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900575), Jul 24, 1997: AIR DISTRIBUTION. SMOKE. APU AIR USED AND SMOKE IN CABIN. *S/D* GROUND CHECKED AIRCRAFT AND PACKS. NO REPEAT OF PROBLEM. - [SDR 97UAL900314](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900314), Apr 21, 1997: CIRCUIT CARD. FAILED. ON GEAR RETRACTION SFO BOTH RED AND GREEN LIGHTS REMAINED ON. NO LIGHTS ON S/O PANEL. RECYCLED WITH ALL GREEN AND NO RED. RETRACTED GEAR A SECOND TIME, SAME RES - [SDR 97UAL900025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900025), Jan 12, 1997: SIDE PANEL. LOOSE. LAST .25 TRAVEL OF FULL LEFT RUDDER BINDING, AT THE .75 LEFT RUDDER POSITION FELT A POP AND THEN PEDAL JUMPS TO FULL. *S/D* FIRST OFFICERS RIGHT HAND OUTBOARD P - [SDR 96UAL900312](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900312), May 3, 1996: ACTUATOR. FAILED. ABORTED TAKEOFF SJC AT 115 KNOTS DUE TO THE LOSS OF 'A' HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. TOWED TO GATE. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: NR 1 LEADING EDGE SLAT ACTUATOR CRACKED AT HO - [SDR 95UAL900202](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900202), Oct 16, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. AFT LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE, NEXT TO VHF ANTENNA IS CRACKED AND SHOWS EVIDENCE OF CORROSION. REPAIRED CORROSION DAMAGE PER SRM 53-10-03 FIG 1 AND 3. ## 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 19890127009219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890127009219I), Jan 27, 1989: Boeing 727222 (N7285U), Fairbanks, AK. Flaps would not retract on climbout. Returned. Replaced flap position indicator and cleaned cable and jackscrew. --- 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.