# N7449U: 1979 Boeing 727-222, registration cancelled 2009-09-15 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: September 15, 2009 - 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: 21903 - Year built: 1979 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: September 24, 1979 - Certificate issued: August 26, 2002 - Last registry action: October 3, 2006 - Mode S code: AA050C - Owner when cancelled: [Pan Am Railways Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PAN%20AM%20RAILWAYS%20INC) - Location: [Portsmouth, NH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NH/Portsmouth) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 43.0748° N, 70.8054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 03801, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7449U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7449U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7449U-2009-09-15 From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 (21) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2001UALA02108](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA02108), Oct 10, 2001: STRUCTURE. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE DAMAGE FOUND DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPAIRED DAMAGE. OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR 2001UALA01473](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01473), Jul 18, 2001: CONNECTOR. INTERMITTENT. RADIO ALTIMETER FAULT WITH ASSOCIATED GPWS FAIL. INTERMITTENT CONNECTION CAUSED THE FAULT. REMOVED AND REINSTALLED ANT RAD ALT TX ANTENNAS. SECURED SOFT MATE CO - [SDR 2001UALA01472](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01472), Jul 18, 2001: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. AFT PIT BILGE, CORROSION IN SHEAR TIE FORWARD SIDE BETWEEN STR 28L AND 29L AT FRAME STA 1010. REPAIRED SHEAR TIE PER MM 53-10-29. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. - [SDR 2001UALA01471](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01471), Jul 18, 2001: SHEAR TIE. CORRODED. AFT PIT BILGE, CORROSION IN SHEAR TIE AFT SIDE OF FRAME 1130 BETWEEN STR 27L AND 28L. REPAIRED SHEAR TIE PER MM 53-10-29. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. - [SDR 2001UALA01467](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA01467), Jul 18, 2001: SKIN. CORRODED. AFT PIT BILGE AREA CORROSION IN SKIN LT SIDE, BETWEEN STR 28L AND 29L, STA 970-990. - [SDR 2000UALA00675](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00675), Nov 9, 2000: STOP. OUT OF ADJ. FORWARD LEFT HAND ENTRY DOOR OPEN LIGHT AND HANDLE POPPED UP AFTER ROLL OUT. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE DOOR STOPS NEEDED ADJUSTMENT. ACCOMPLISHED PER MM 52-10-20 - [SDR 2000UALA00182](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00182), Apr 11, 2000: SWITCH. DIRTY. TAIL SKID LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO MSY. *S/D* MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND LUBED TAIL SKID UP SWITCH, S663. LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS CYCLED SEVERA - [SDR 2000UALA00118](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00118), Mar 8, 2000: SEAL. MISALIGNED. VERY LOUD NOISE FROM DOOR 1L AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO DEN. *S/D* FOUND UPPER HINGE CUTOUT SEAL NOT FITTING CORRECTLY. REPLACED SEALS AND CHECKED GOOD. - [SDR 99UAL900414](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900414), Aug 7, 1999: COFFEMAKER. SMOKING. LOWER COFFEEMAKER IN AFT GALLEY SMOKING AND SPARKING. *S/D* REPLACED COFFEEMAKER. INSPECTED WIRING, LEFT UNIT ON FOR SEVERAL HOURS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. - [SDR 99UAL900322](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900322), Jun 14, 1999: O-RING. MISSING. EXPERIENCED LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION IN NR 2 ENGINE. SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE. *S/D* DURING REPLACEMENT OF FUEL PUMP FOR TIME, FUEL PUMP DRIVE SHAFT O RING WAS - [SDR 99UAL900230](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900230), Apr 22, 1999: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. AFT EXIT EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY BASE ASSEMBLY. - [SDR 99UAL900027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900027), Jan 9, 1999: SWITCH. FAILED. RIGHT GEAR DOOR INDICATION LIGHT ON DURING CLIMBOUT OF MSP. RETURNED TO MSP FOR MAINTENANCE INSPECTION. *S/D* ACCOMPLISHED TEST OF LANDING GEAR DOOR WARNING SWI - [SDR 98UAL900128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900128), Mar 28, 1998: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. AIRSTAIR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. *S/D* REPLACED BATTERY. - [SDR 98UAL900112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900112), Mar 4, 1998: STRUCTURE. VIBRATIONS. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT CREW REPORTED VIBRATIONS IN THE AIRFRAME. UPON TAXIING CREW NOTICED CONDITION GETTING WORSE AND ELECTED TO STOP. PASSENGERS DEPLANED AND AI - [SDR 97UAL900891](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900891), Dec 24, 1997: O-RING. DAMAGED. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM-A FLUID WENT TO ZERO IN FLIGHT. LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT IN DEN. TOWED TO GATE. *S/D* REPLACED DAMAGED 'O' RING IN THE FILTER BOWL PACKING ON N - [SDR 97UAL900603](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900603), Aug 3, 1997: ANTI-ICE VALVE. LEAKING. ON CLIMBOUT, THE NR 3 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. FOLLOWED PROCEDURE AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. *S/D* FOUND 13TH STAGE ANTI-ICE VALVE LEAKING. REPLACE - [SDR 97UAL900255](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900255), Apr 2, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHT FOR OVERWING EXIT INOP. *S/D* LIGHT ASSY REPLACED. EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY. - [SDR 97UAL900026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900026), Jan 9, 1997: CONTROL MECH. OUT OF ADJUST. AILERON TRIM EXCEEDS ONE UNIT LEFT WING. *S/D* FOUND THE RIGHT AILERON OUT OF RIG. RERIGGED RIGHT AILERON AND THE SYSTEM CHECKED OK. - [SDR 96UAL900574](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900574), Jul 25, 1996: SLIDE. FAILED. DURING SHOP OVERHAUL OF SLIDE REMOVED FOR OVERHAUL TIME EXPIRATION INFLATABLE PORTION DEVELOPED A 3 INCH SEAM LEAK ON THE TUBE, APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET FROM THE TO - [SDR 95UAL900297](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900297), Dec 6, 1995: EEL. INOPERATIVE. OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE ROW 8. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT ASSEMBLY. - [SDR 95UAL900231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900231), Oct 27, 1995: O-RING. LEAKING. MODERATE VERY NOTICEABLE SMELL OF OIL PRIOR TO AND DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, AT POWER CHANGES IN CRUISE AND DESCENT, MOST CERTAINLY ENGINE OIL, EITHER NR 1 OR NR 3 D ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI91LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA115), Mar 23, 1991: Boeing 727-222 (N7449U), Buffalo, NY, no damage. Probable cause: A CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER. ## 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 19990109008779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990109008779I), Jan 9, 1999: Boeing 727222 (N7449U), Minneapolis, MN. (-5)Rt. Gear door lites on with gear handle in up position. Both red and amber lites were on, recycled gear, no help. Returned to msp and landed without… - [Accident 19910323009299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910323009299A), Mar 23, 1991: Boeing 727222 (N7449U), Buffalo, NY. Encountered severe clear air turbulence. Seat belt sign not on. Three attendants and one passenger injured. --- 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.