# N7459U: 1980 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: 21913 - Year built: 1980 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Experimental, showing compliance - Airworthiness date: February 14, 1996 - Certificate issued: August 29, 2003 - Last registry action: August 29, 2003 - Mode S code: AA08C3 - 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/N7459U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7459U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7459U-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 (18) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2001UALA00325](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00325), Mar 25, 2001: EXHAUST PIPE. CRACKED. NR 1 ENGINE TAILPIPE CRACKED AT THE 11 OCLOCK POSITION. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE CAUSE OF CRACKING UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE CRACKS WERE REPAIRED PER MM 78-34-05 - [SDR 2001UALA00221](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00221), Mar 9, 2001: DUCT. BROKEN. AIRCRAFT RTFL DUE TO NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE FOUND ANTI-ICE DUCT BROKEN. REPLACED DUCT. NO LEAKS FOUND AFTER DUCT REPLACEMENT. - [SDR 2000UALA00593](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00593), Oct 13, 2000: LINE. FAILED. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM A QUANTITY GAUGE INDICATED SLOW PARTIAL LOSS OF FLUID. DECREASED APPROXIMATELY 1 GALLON IN 2 HOURS. DIVERTED TO DEN, LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT. - [SDR 99UAL900481](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900481), Sep 16, 1999: CONNECTOR. FAILED. GALLEY HOT PLATE SMOKING AND SPARKING. HOT PLATE CORD FRAYED AND EXPOSED. *S/D* REMOVED HOT PLATES, INSPECTED WIRING FROM GALLEY WALL TO PLATES AND NO DAMAGE, N - [SDR 99UAL900261](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99UAL900261), May 4, 1999: SWITCH. FAILED. NR 4 LEADING EDGE FLAP INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON SECOND OFFICERS PANEL. RETURNED TO DEN. *S/D* REPLACED NR 4 LEADING EDGE SLAT EXTEND SWITCH, SYSTEM OPS CHECKS O - [SDR 98UAL900099](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900099), Mar 3, 1998: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. LEFT AFT OVERWING WALKWAY EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. *S/D* REPLACED POWER SUPPLY BASE ASSEMBLY. - [SDR 97UAL900362](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900362), May 9, 1997: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHT OVER DOOR 1L WILL NOT TURN ON WITH EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH. IT WILL COME ON WITH THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY SWITCH. *S/D* THE BATTERY WAS DISCHARGED. REP - [SDR 97UAL900267](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900267), Apr 5, 1997: EXHAUST SHROUD. SMOKING. MECHANIC SAW SMOKE AROUND APU EXHAUST SHROUD AREA. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED IN AREA OF APU EXHAUST SHROUD. SMOKE DETERMINED TO BE BURN OFF OF RESIDUAL GLYCOL. - [SDR 96UAL900985](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900985), Dec 27, 1996: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. CEILING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT OVERWING DOOR INOPERATIVE. *S/D* REPLACED DISCHARGED BATTERY PACK. - [SDR 96UAL900737](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900737), Sep 21, 1996: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DOOR 1 RIGHT AND DOOR 1 LEFT EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. FUSELAGE SLIDE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND THE LIGHT OPERATION IS NORMAL. - [SDR 96UAL900729](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900729), Sep 21, 1996: FUEL OIL COOLER. LEAKING. UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND FUEL RUNNING OUT OF BOTTOM OF COWLING ON NR 1 ENGINE. MOTORED ENGINE AND FOUND FUEL/OIL COOLER LEAKING FUEL OUT FORWARD VENT HOLE. *S/D* A S - [SDR 96UAL900705](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900705), Sep 14, 1996: OVER HEAT LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. B HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OVERHEAT LIGHT ON DURING CLIMB. OVERHEAT LIGHT OFF WITH NO. 2 ELECTRIC PUMP OFF. - [SDR 96UAL900517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900517), Jul 10, 1996: RELAY. FAILED. RIGHT PACK OVER TEMPERATURE ON GROUND, SMOKE IN THE CABIN. ACFT RETURNED TO GATE. *S/D* REPLACED GROUND COOLING FAN AND COOLING FAN RELAY. - [SDR 96UAL900427](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900427), Jun 10, 1996: DOOR ROD. CRACKED. NOSE GEAR DOOR VIBRATION AFTER LIFT OFF. RETURNED TO BOSTON. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: FOUND RIGHT HAND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR OPERATOR ROD CRACKED. REPLACED RO - [SDR 96UAL900382](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900382), May 30, 1996: HOSE ASSY. LEAKS. PER CREW DURING TAKEOFF, AT FULL POWER HAD NR 1 STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT COME ON. REDUCED POWER AND LIGHT WENT OUT, CRUISE POWER OK. *S/D* REPLACED HOSE ASSEMBLY SE - [SDR 96UAL900227](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900227), Mar 29, 1996: GASPER FAN. FAILED. CREW REPORTED, ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. REPLACED THE GASPER FAN WHICH HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. - [SDR 95UAL900188](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900188), Oct 10, 1995: FUEL PUMP. FAILED. NR 1 ENGINE ROLL-BACK 1500 FEET AGL. HAD N1, N2 ROTATION. NO FUEL FLOW ON RESTART CK LIST, RETURNED TO OHARE. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. EXCESSIVELY WORN SPLINES IN T - [SDR 95UAL727002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL727002), Jan 4, 1995: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP DOOR 1 LT AND 1 RT. REPLACED BATTERIES. ## 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 19850626034869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850626034869I), Jun 26, 1985: Boeing 727222 (N7459U), Las Vegas, NV. Cockpit and cabin filled with acrid smoke. Returned for landing. Oil seal failed in air cycle machine. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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