# Incident 19830622033299I: Boeing 7272M7, Memphis, TN, June 22, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1983, 11:20 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Int'L
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N722RW-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-2M7 (registry code 138407S, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2m7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272M7
- 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/19830622033299I

## Narrative

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

RETURNED DUE TO A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM. FOUND LEFT GEAR LOCK SEQUENCE VALVE HAD BROKEN OPEN. LOST ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID.

## Other reports on N722RW (3)

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

- [Incident 19871028065769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871028065769I), Oct 28, 1987: Boeing 727200 (N722RW), Detroit, MI. The number 3 engine fire warning activated prior to takeoff. Airliner safely evacuated. No fire.
- [Incident 19860924052029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860924052029I), Sep 24, 1986: Boeing 727295 (N722RW), Memphis, TN. Aircraft returned after false fire warning. Replaced detection loop.
- [Incident 19840819055169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840819055169I), Aug 19, 1984: Boeing 7272M7 (N722RW), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Left wing tip was struck by commissary truck backing out of gate 53A.

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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