# N7460U: 1980 Boeing 727-222, registration cancelled 2013-04-10 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 10, 2013 - Status when cancelled: Sale reported, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Boeing 727-222](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (registry code 1384073) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (registry code 52051) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 21914 - Year built: 1980 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Experimental, showing compliance - Airworthiness date: August 23, 1998 - Last registry action: September 15, 2006 - Mode S code: AA0B3F - Location: [El Mirage, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/El%20Mirage) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 34.6518° N, 117.5261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 92301, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7460U - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7460U - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7460U-2013-04-10 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 (15) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR 2001UALA00359](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00359), Mar 27, 2001: PUMP. INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DEN DUE TO INOPERABLE NR 2 RIGHT FUEL BOOST PUMP INDICATION. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE. REPLACED NR 2 AFT LEFT CIRCUIT BREAKER. - [SDR 2001UALA00159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00159), Feb 26, 2001: CIRCUIT BREAKER. FAILED. AFTER TAKEOFF THE NUMBER TWO FUEL TANK AFT BOOST PUMP FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEN. *S/D* REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL. - [SDR 2001UALA00009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001UALA00009), Jan 8, 2001: CONTACTOR. FAILED. ALL NR 2 FUEL BOOST PUMP TANK CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED DURING CRUISE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEN. *S/D* SPECIFIC CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. REPLACED NR 2 RT AF - [SDR 2000UALA00698](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00698), Nov 19, 2000: SWITCH. FAILED. AFTER DEPARTING ORD NR 4 LEADING EDGE FLAP WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO ORD. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE REPLACED NR 4 LEADING EDGE FLAP SWITCH PER MAINTENANCE M - [SDR 2000UALA00016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000UALA00016), Jan 11, 2000: GASKET. MISSING. NR 1 STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ON, BLEEDS ON AND BLEEDS OFF. PULLED THROTTLE BACK TO IDLE AND SHUT BLEED OFF AND LIGHT EVENTUALLY WENT OUT. INCREASED THROTTLE TO APP - [SDR 98UAL900353](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98UAL900353), Jul 25, 1998: MECHANISM. OUT OF ADJUST. AT 20,000 FEET AND 350 KNOTS GOT RIGHT FLAP FLUTTER. PASSENGER SAW RIGHT HAND OUTBOARD AFT FLAP FLUTTER 4 INCHES WITH FLAPS UP. RETURNED TO DEN. *S/D* ADJUSTED - [SDR 97UAL900897](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900897), Dec 27, 1997: FAN. FAILED. CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN. RIGHT PACK OVERHEATED. FOUND RIGHT PACK GROUND COOLING FAN INOPERATIVE. *S/D* REPLACED RIGHT PACK GROUND COOLING FAN DUE TO BEING - [SDR 97UAL900797](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900797), Oct 28, 1997: RETRACT MECH. OUT OF ADJUST. PER CREW, MODERATE VIBRATION IN NR 1 ENGINE. LANDED ORF UNDER AMBER ALERT. *S/D* ENGINE VIBRATION WAS NOT CONFIRMED. VIBRATION WAS REPORTED AGAIN AFTER THE ENGI - [SDR 97UAL900434](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900434), Jun 8, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. BOTH RIGHT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. *S/D* BATTERIES DISCHARGED. REPLACED BOTH BATTERY PACKS FOR RT OVERWING EXIT LIGHTS. - [SDR 97UAL900435](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97UAL900435), Jun 7, 1997: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. LEFT HAND OVERWING AFT EEL LIGHT INOPERATIVE. *S/D* FOUND LAMP SOCKET CORRODED AND BATTERY WEAK. CLEANED SOCKET AND REPLACED BATTERY PACK. - [SDR 96UAL900571](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900571), Jul 25, 1996: SKIN. CORRODED. AFT LOWER FUSELAGE AFT OF AFT VHF ANTENNA RT SIDE HAS BULGE, A SMALL BUBBLE AND CRACK. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: DISCREPANCY CONFIRMED TO BE CORROSION IN FUSELA - [SDR 96UAL900507](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900507), Jul 5, 1996: FLAP INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. UNABLE TO RETRACT FLAPS FULLY, RETURNED TO LAS. *S/D* REPLACED INBOARD FLAP INDICATOR PER MM 27-54-18. - [SDR 96UAL900390](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900390), May 31, 1996: RELAY. FAILED. EMERGENCY EXIT RT CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. REPLACED R-70 RELAY AND EXIT LIGHT ASSEMBLY IN THE AFT AIRSTAIR. - [SDR 96UAL900018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900018), Jan 9, 1996: APU. FAILED. APU AUTO-SHUTDOWN AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF WHEEL WELL AREA. - [SDR 95UAL900240](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95UAL900240), Oct 31, 1995: WINDOW. CRACKED. RETURNED TO ORD, DUE TO CAPTAIN'S WINDSHIELD CRACKED. REPLACED CAPTAIN'S NR 1L WINDOW. ## 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 19860319022749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860319022749I), Mar 19, 1986: Boeing 727222 (N7460U), San Francisco, CA. During takeoff an overhead storage bin came open. Briefcase fell on passengers head. Returned. Latch replaced. - [Incident 19801205085559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801205085559I), Dec 5, 1980: Boeing 727222 (N7460U), Chicago, IL. Aborted takeoff due to takeoff warning horn. Speed brake lever not seated properly. --- 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.