# Incident 19890831060629I: Boeing 727222, Billings, MT, August 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1989, 10:51 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7259U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7259U-2002-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (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 727222
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,188 total, 10,801 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890831060629I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. MADE A GO AROUND. REPLACED BULBS AND GOT NORMAL INDICTION. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N7259U (2)

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

- [Incident 19910309010039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910309010039I), Mar 9, 1991: Boeing 727222 (N7259U), Kansas City, MO. TCAS altitude error in flight. Left assigned altitude. TCAS system taken out of service. Returned to altitude.
- [Incident 19841201068589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841201068589I), Dec 1, 1984: Boeing 727222 (N7259U), Anchorage, AK. Smoke from cabin light panel. Cb pulled. Light ballast defective.

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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