# Incident 19790212007419I: Boeing 727222, Cleveland, OH, February 12, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1979, 20:22 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- Location: 41.4995° N, 81.6954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4995&lon=-81.6954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7620U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7620U-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 51
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790212007419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AMBER ALERT AND PRESSURIZATION PROBLEMS IN FLIGHT. PIECE MISSING FROM MAIN ENTRANCE FRAME OF DOOR.

## Other reports on N7620U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920903043379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920903043379I), Sep 3, 1992: Boeing 727 (N7620U), Kansas City, MO. NR3 slat would not retract on climb. Returned. NR3 slat actuator was found to be bypassing internally.
- [Incident 19860617038789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860617038789I), Jun 17, 1986: Boeing 727222 (N7620U), Chicago, IL. System a pressure and fluid lost. Returned, manually extended gear. Towed off runway. Replaced gear door valve.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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