# Incident 19890411021069I: Boeing 727222, Salt Lake City, UT, April 11, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1989, 15:07 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7261U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7261U-2005-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 56
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,901 total, 1,509 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890411021069I

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED TAIL ON RUNWAY ON LANDING. WENT AROUND AND LANDED. RUNWAY CLOSED BY DEBRIS FROM TAIL SKID DOOR AND ENGINE.

## Other reports on N7261U (2)

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

- [Incident 19990914035449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990914035449I), Sep 14, 1999: Boeing 727200 (N7261U), Newark, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot taxied aircraft to gate 12 without the assistance of guide when left wing tip struck a contractor's dump struck that was parked performing surface…
- [Incident 19920112001629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920112001629I), Jan 12, 1992: Boeing 727222 (N7261U), Covington - Cin, OH. A system hydraulic failure en route. Diverted and landed safely. Left inbound flap hydraulic drive motor seal blew

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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